• daannii@lemmy.worldOP
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      Lsd is often distributed and consumed via small paper squares called “tabs” that’s made on blotter paper. The paper is thick like cardstock. Sometimes with colorful psychedelic artwork printed on it.

      The lsd is diluted in a solution and the paper is soaked in the solution. Usually alcohol.

      The tiny microscopic lsd crystals deposit on the paper. The blotter paper is divided into 1cm squares.

      Lsd is neutralized by many chemicals , including chlorine (found in tap water) and stomach enzymes. It cannot be swallowed and still have an effect.

      To take LSD, a person will place squares (typically one square is 1x 100ug dose) of the paper on the tounge or under it. And hold for about 15 minutes. Some people take more than one. It can’t kill you. But it can lead to accidents in high doses that can kill you. So it’s not risk free even if health risks are low.

      Also I said ug. Not mg. The lsd drug is very unique in that it has high potency at micrograms. Fentanyl is another drug that has that property . But it is rare.

      The lining of the mouth (mucus membranes) allows for easy transfer of the drug into the blood stream. That’s true for a lot of drugs actually.

      This is why lsd has such a unique drug delivery method though. It can’t be swallowed and it should be used in very small doses.

      Lsd is also very resistant to degredation. Oxygen, sunlight, and neutralizing chemicals like chlorine can degrade it. But if it’s stored properly it can last a very very long time. This is another rare property it has.

      It’s also clear, tasteless, and no odor.

      I’m a perception researcher and , of course, this would be a drug on my radar. So I know quite a bit about it. I’ve given a lecture on psychedelics. It’s a fascinating topic.

      Also I’m generally interested in psycho-pharmacology because , well, it’s interesting.

      If you want to learn more interesting facts about LSD and other psychedelics, ask away.

      **Guy in picture has two tabs (squares of blotter paper) on his tongue and is wearing sunglasses because lsd dialates your pupils and makes your eyes sensitive to light.

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        They’re divided in 0.5x0.5 cm.

        You can totally eat a tab and still get high.

        Nowadays is hard to find 100ug doses. The minimum I had found is 150ug. Anything over 400ug isn’t LSD but Nbomb that is dangerous and should be avoided.

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        Incorrect about acid in the stomach. Most DOX and nbome chems are neutralized by stomach acid and during the mid 2010 acid drought swallowing tabs was considered the simplest way to avoid unwanted DOX trips.

        Source: the hundreds of tabs that I swallowed and still had a good time

        Edit: Tons of chemicals are active on the hundred microgram scale. Most benzos, nearly all psychedelics, a handful of antipsychotics ect. And if we go active at >10mg, which is impossible to dose without a .000 scale, the list gets even bigger. I appreciate the attempt at an informative post but it’s got a few dangerous points of misinformation.

        I’m concerned that somebody giving lectures about this topic is as uninformed as you seem to be. Have you taken acid? The subjective experience is as important as the objective. It’s like listening to my cop uncle talk about weed but couched in academia.

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      LSD usually comes soaked into small clips of paper usually just called ‘tabs’, which come initially as sheets with tear lines seperating each tab. You tear off one, pop it on your tongue, and suck on it, and within a few hours it kicks in.

      This guy had two tabs from the look of it and is about to probably have a very spiritual experience.

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        alternatively you can just keep a tab on your tongue or between your gums and you won’t have to wait a few hours, just roughly one hour

        (lsd absorbs wherever it is in your body, but your mouth is closer to your brain where you want it ending up)

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          Nah, from personal experience of hundreds upon hundreds of trips your come up time doesn’t have any noticable time increase or decrease depending on where you keep the tab. The only thing I’ve ever had change the speed of the come up, was potency of the tab, aka quantity of LSD, not the location of it. Sure, if you took it intravenously it would likely go noticably faster, but otherwise any time difference would be practically negligible between consistent doses.

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            huh alright, i remember reading somewhere that it’d take longer/have worse effects if you sucked on a tab instead of just keeping it rested somewhere in your mouth. never really thought to look up if it’s true or not as yk, keeping a piece of paper rested on my gums is just easy so, always went with that

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      LSD is often distributed on small pieces of paper that you dose by putting them on your tongue and letting them dissolve.

      It appears that this young man is attempting to “break on through to the other side” so he can “see” Allah.