LSD Vault

Other Names: LSD-25, Lucy, or Acid

LSD blotter designs

Basic:

Known chemically as lysergic-acid-diethylamide. LSD is a semi synthetic compound of the ergoline family. It is derived from ergot, a fungi of the Claviceps genus which commonly grows on rye and similar grains.

Characteristics:

Pure LSD occurs as a colorless, odorless, slightly bitter solid - as unbroken crystals or a crystalline powder. Due to its potency, the drug is highly diluted for sale at the retail level. At this level it is often distributed as a liquid solution - Liquid solutions may be applied to many absorbent materials suited for application on an inner surface of the mouth, such as sugar cubes, jello squares, or large sheets of an absorbent designer paper (by lightly dipping the paper in solution), and the paper then cut into many single dose units known as blotters, about the size of a stamp. LSD blotters are taken by applying and dissolving usually on the tounge. The liquid itself may also be administered with small drops under the tounge or under the eyelid. LSD is also available as a diluted powder, which is often compressed into a soluble tablet form. Both liquid and powder LSD can be prepared for IV or IM injection.

Pharmacology:

The pharmacodynamic origins of its psychoactive effects are quite complex, though they have been linked in part with its action on CNS serotonergic systems. This drug has been used for its entheogenic, psychedelic, recreational and psychotherapeutic properties. LSD, along with cannabis, was quite common during the 1960's counterculture.

Effects of LSD: Major effects are experienced for about 4-6 hours. Other effects may last up to 12 hours.

In terms of its effects, LSD represents the prototypic psychedelic drug. Such compounds are, in popular terms, known as "hallucinogens"; however few of these compounds produce true hallucinations, at least not as portrayed in media and film. The popular tales of users being approached by "clowns" or "elephants" are merely inventions of pop culture, largely based in fiction rather than reality.

Sensory enhancement

Physiological or psychological stimulation

Enhanced creative capacity

Synesthesia (seeing sounds, hearing colors)

Introspection

Enhanced spirituality

Positive or negative changes in mood

Potentiation of current emotions

Introspection or enhanced self awareness

Distorted sense of time

Altered speech

Paranoia, anxiety, fear or panic

Overwhelming emotional experience

Sensitivity to touch, smell, or noise

Psychological trauma & "flashbacks"

Physical tension

Hypothalamic dysregulation (thermal, secretions, pupillary)

Precipitation or potentiation of existing mental illness

Closed eye or open eye visuals - hallucinogens such as LSD don't cause hallucinations in the traditional sense of the word; rather than complex hallucinations, visuals from LSD may include trails of light, movement of objects, bizarre distortion of surroundings, enhancement of color and contrast, or strange patterns with closed eyes or in the dark.

Pupil dilation, yawning, jaw tension, increased secretions, perspiration, increased heart rate and body temperature