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LSD

LSD

Category: Hallucinogen

Also known as: Acid

What it looks like and how it's taken: Comes in small squares of paper, often printed with designs, or as tiny tablets called microdots and dots. Tablets are swallowed. It is a myth that LSD can be absorbed through the skin from transfers.

Immediate effects: Hallucination—the 'trip'. Starts within an hour and can last 8 - 12 hours or longer. Surroundings seem altered, colours brighter, sounds different, movement and time may seem distorted.

Risks:

  • Short term: Trips cannot be controlled or stopped. A bad trip can be terrifying, which requires help and reassurance from others. Mental health problems can be triggered and existing conditions made worse.
  • Long term: Users may have 'flashbacks' where they relive a trip without taking the drug again.

Legal status: Class A

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