I'd sealed it in sellotape .. it was called a 'flying saucer', I can even rustle up the exact date I found it for research purposes only because I've still got the newspaper from that rave at Stanley Pugh's farm in Wales but there's few things more boring than listening to other peoples illegal rave anecdotes .. sort of like when all the people in their 50's wouldn't stop wanking on about when they saw The Clash or when they saw The Sex Pistols at The 100 Club .. who cares? .. so .. extremely NSFWThis song always made me wonder if people used to do strychnine recreationally. People do all sorts to get high.
As far as I understand, LSD is very unstable and will basically stop working when exposed to temperatures much above room temperature. So a 30 year old tab of acid is unlikely to still have anything left in it.
Some of us could have told them that, back in the 70s...The authors justify their claim by zooming in on one explanation for their apparently positive effect on well-being, established in previous research. As well as “resetting” key brain circuitry and enhancing emotional responsiveness, psychedelics commonly increase people’s positive feelings of connectedness – to one’s self and others, and to the natural world.
Americans Increase LSD Use—and a Bleak Outlook for the World May Be to Blame
Millennials and older adults lead the surge while Gen Z stays on the sidelines
In the years leading up to the roaring 2020s, young people were once again dropping acid. Onetime Harvard psychologist Timothy Leary died almost 25 years ago, after which some of his ashes were launched into space. But from 2015 to 2018, the rate of “turning on and tuning in” with LSD, to paraphrase Leary, increased by more than 50 percent in the U.S.—a rise perhaps fueled by a need for chemical escapism. Those results were published in the July issue of Drug and Alcohol Dependence. The authors of the study suspect that many users may be self-medicating with the illegal substance to find relief from depression, anxiety and general stress over the state of the world.
“LSD is used primarily to escape. And given that the world’s on fire, people might be using it as a therapeutic mechanism,” says Andrew Yockey, a doctoral candidate in health education at the University of Cincinnati and lead author of the paper. “Now that COVID’s hit, I’d guess that use has probably tripled.” ...
The researchers found that past-year LSD use increased by 56 percent over three years. The rise was especially pronounced in certain user groups, including people with college degrees (who saw a 70 percent increase) and people aged 26 to 34 (59 percent), 35 to 49 (223 percent) and 50 or older (45 percent). Younger people aged 18 to 25, on the other hand, decreased their use by 24 percent. ...
Yockey calls for a depoliticizing of LSD, which would make studies of its therapeutic potential and its effects on recreational users possible. At the same time, he says, efforts to reduce drug use should focus on more harmful substances such as methamphetamine, cocaine and fentanyl—all of which also seem to be on the rise. “These drugs can kill you, LSD cannot,” Yockey says. “We need to rectify our messaging.”
Humbug! You don't take LSD because the world outlook is bleak. You take it because a trip is as good as a holiday, and a lot cheaper. LSD is also great, as it is the least addictive drug ever. It literally breaks down compulsive behavior on a neuronal level, addictions included. In fact, it was originally marketed as a means for treating OCD.Newly published survey research indicates LSD usage is rapidly growing in the USA.
FULL STORY: https://www.scientificamerican.com/...-bleak-outlook-for-the-world-may-be-to-blame/
ABSTRACT From The Published Study: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0376871620302362
Maybe they'll start prescribing LSD again, for psychiatric reasons. Although that could go either way in two drastic directions - I suppose it's the worry that someone fragile may take it and it will damage them irrevocably, or someone foolhardy takes too much, that's the reason it was made illegal.
Cary Grant took medical LSD, and notoriously made a diary about it. He thought it did him good. Syd Barrett and Brian Wilson took too much and ruined their sanity. I suggest if it is legalised, it needs heavy restrictions, but even then, tricky to police.
When they use these things therapeutically these days I think it tends to be in very small quantities, not enough to get a decent trip off of. Of course self medicating in large doses isn't going to work for everyone.Maybe they'll start prescribing LSD again, for psychiatric reasons. Although that could go either way in two drastic directions - I suppose it's the worry that someone fragile may take it and it will damage them irrevocably, or someone foolhardy takes too much, that's the reason it was made illegal.
Cary Grant took medical LSD, and notoriously made a diary about it. He thought it did him good. Syd Barrett and Brian Wilson took too much and ruined their sanity. I suggest if it is legalised, it needs heavy restrictions, but even then, tricky to police.
When they use these things therapeutically these days I think it tends to be in very small quantities, not enough to get a decent trip off of. Of course self medicating in large doses isn't going to work for everyone.
Interestingly, ibogaine, a very powerful, long lasting and unpleasant hallucinogen, is apparently effective in treating heroin addiction.
I looked it up and it's not as cut-and-dried as I thought it was. It's actually a potentially dangerous alternative therapy, and not much official research has been done on it. It also can lead to death by cardiac arrest. Here's an article: www.theguardian.com/society/2017/dec/10/ibogaine-heroin-addiction-treatment-gabon-withdrawal-danger-deathI suppose going "cold turkey" can bring about hallucinations in some cases anyway, so controlling them would not be such a bad idea. But how would the control be managed? Or does it not matter?
Right. When things are bleak and upsetting that would be the very last thing you'd want to do; that would be known as a recipe for a "bad trip". Not that folks always do wise things, though.. Okay, pass the Kool-Aid to the academics with the funny ideasHumbug! You don't take LSD because the world outlook is bleak. You take it because a trip is as good as a holiday, and a lot cheaper. LSD is also great, as it is the least addictive drug ever. It literally breaks down compulsive behavior on a neuronal level, addictions included. In fact, it was originally marketed as a means for treating OCD.
Magic mushrooms are milder with some visions and elation. Magic mushrooms and peyote produce much milder effects and are not likely to produce a bad trip. Strong LSD can.'Psychedelic 'Trips' Really Are Similar to Religious Experiences in Many Ways
Source: sciencealert.com
Date: 8 September, 2020
A growing body of drug research has shown that experiences with psychedelic drugs can be both positive and negative – scary and uncomfortable for some, but leading to improvements in well-being and relationships for others. These substances also show promising early results for treating mental disorders, in controlled doses.
So why the disparity between the good and the bad experiences? A team of researchers questioning 288 individuals on their experiences with psychedelics has found that having a mystical or religious experience on drugs might play an important role.
The study plugs some gaps in our knowledge about how drugs such as LSD and psilocybin induce religious-style experiences, and could tell us more about how to use these substances in treatments.
It also shows that drug highs and spiritual highs can produce the same sort of feelings and moods in people.
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https://www.sciencealert.com/psychedelic-experiences-share-many-features-with-religious-experiences
I've had friends who say that the worst experiences they had were on mushrooms but never had any issues with acid.Magic mushrooms are milder with some visions and elation. Magic mushrooms and peyote produce much milder effects and are not likely to produce a bad trip. Strong LSD can.
LSD is F_cking dangerous. It can produce uncontrolled hallucinations that appear real to the user. I.E.: you can see music, motor vehicles appear as animals, to name just a few. Based on such hallucinations the users can become out of control and dangerous. Personally I've seen the milder forms of LSD: microdot, blotter, ozlies, that have milder effects which only last ~ 6 hrs. The sugar cubes were another story.
I had a friend who took mushrooms and couldn't see himself in the mirror anymore. That was a good one.I've had friends who say that the worst experiences they had were on mushrooms but never had any issues with acid.It all depends on the mindset and how experienced you are at controlling it.
Did he suddenly start wearing a black cape and stop ageing?I had a friend who took mushrooms and couldn't see himself in the mirror anymore. That was a good one.
Terrific read and I remember 'window pane' exactly as you describe!After seeing a few bleary sunrises, one quickly learns that all of it is a dead-end and that there is no cosmic consciousness down that path.
I think you've just added to medical understanding by proving there's an autopilot that works with lsd as well as beer.So how the f... I got home that night...
At the time, I had a theory about this.... however LSD has the edge in strength as an hallucinogen. PCP is another that can induce a very bad trip.
The test subjects seem to be describing what I would expect for people doing LSD in a controlled environment. A factor involving bad trips is what kind of environment or surrounding their in while tripping.I wondered if these might be of interest - three films recording early experiments with LSD:
At the time, I had a theory about this.
As I understood, the brain would seemingly filter our daily thoughts, subsequently 'cleared out' at the end of each day and we experienced same emission within dreaming.
An acid trip was as if that filter had been forced open too early and whatever the resultant spillage, there was your trip, good or bad.
However, can indeed the chemical composition of one drug batch differ from another, even in minute detail, to an extent it determines your outcome.
Surely so, as in the phrase, 'bad acid'.
I was fortunate, in terms of experience looking back, to have one tablet of the legendary, 'Orange Sunshine', which had the reputation of a guaranteed good trip.
Whilst so long ago it's remarkable I can remember anything related, I definitely recall a day of endless euphoria, laughter and a natural world of such vivid colours.
That was the time we spent all day in Glasgow's vast Botanic Gardens, which undoubtedly played a part!
I once read a fascinating article on the history of, 'Orange Sunshine' and if of interest, it's still online:
In heyday of LSD, secret Windsor lab produced millions of Orange Sunshine pills
https://www.pressdemocrat.com/artic...ced-millions-of-orange-sunshine-p/?artslide=6