finally, is LSD dangerous or not dangerous?

Generally speaking, LSD, and in fact all hallucinogenics are not intrinsically dangerous. That is, there is no risk of death from overdose or any toxicity. Unlike heroin or cocaine.

There have certainly been cases where people have taken hallucinogenics, which has then in turn precipitated a psychotic break, they've comitted suicide, or the largely apocryphal stories of people thinking they could fly who then jumped off buildings. Some people really shouldn't take mind altering substances. To ad to the list of anecdotal comments, I also took LSD and other hallucinogens numerous times in my youth, and never had a problem at the time or since.

Before they became demonized as "bad drugs" by law enforcement, they actually had a lot of potential uses, especially in dealing with addictions to things like alcohol and narcotics, and had role in psychotherapy and treatment of depression.

Like dogs...there is no such thing as"good drugs" or "bad drugs"...just irresponsible use. It's unfortunate that we allow law enforcement and right wing conservatives to determine what is "good" and "bad"

The most common dangers of LSD result from bad trips, including terrifying thoughts and feelings, despair, fear of losing control, and fear of death. These problems are especially common and severe in people with underlying mental problems like severe depression, schizophrenia, or bipolar disease. Some fatal accidents have also occurred among users who could not perceive the reality of their situation. They hallucinate safe situations when they are actually in danger or are unable to judge distances. You should never operate machinery or drive cars while taking LSD. Problems that might occur include:

* Extreme changes in behavior and mood; person may sit or recline in a trance-like state

* Chills, irregular breathing, sweating, trembling hands

* Changes in sense of light, hearing, touch, smell, and time

* Nausea, especially in the first two hours

* Increase in blood pressure, heart rate and blood sugar

* Fatigue the next day.

Hallucinogens can cause extreme, long-lasting adverse neuropsychiatric effects, like flashbacks (post-hallucination perceptual disorders), relatively long-lasting psychoses, severe depression or schizophrenia-like syndromes, especially in heavy or long-term users or in people with an underlying mental illness. Some of the long-term problems associated with chronic or heavy LSD use are:

* A person can experience rapidly changing feelings, immediately and long after use.

* Chronic use may cause persistent problems, depression, violent behavior, anxiety or a distorted perception of time.

* Large doses may cause convulsions, coma, heart/lung failure or ruptured blood vessels in the brain.

* "Flashbacks" may occur long after use.

So, the short answer is yes :)

Many years ago I tried it a couple times -- I'm pretty normal and everything, but as for a brain scan, I've never had one so I don't know what lasting effect it may have had -- I think the more serious problems come from abuse of LSD and overdose. Over 20 years later (knock on wood) I've never had a flashback -- at least I don't think so, lol :)

Anyway, Be safe!

From personal experience, self-medicating with drugs does not really solve your problems.

Experimenting with drugs like LSD used to be considered a rite of passage that came along with growing up.

Now the Say No To Drugs movement tries to keep kids off drugs.

All drugs have negative side effects if taken when you have the wrong medical conditions or if taken in an overdose.

Physically, the actual molecule of LSD is half as toxic to the human body than common sugar. Realistically, mental problems are very rare. I could break it down for you, but it comes down to the rationale that under mentally and genetically normal circumstances (not being heavily predisposed to mental illness, paranoia, and anxiety) there is basically absolutely no chance that LSD will cause any mental illnesses with the infinitesimal doses it takes to get high. You would be the worst person if you stopped him from experiencing one of the most organized and beautiful experiences that he might EVER live through with no other reasoning than the fact that it's still illegal for some reason. Just saying. Flashbacks happen, but it's not because LSD stays in the body forever (that D.A.R.E. "fact" is actually chemically impossible). Flashbacks are highly over exaggerated. Most people that have ever reported having a flashback say that it was hard to even notice is was happening (some even say that it made them elated and comfortable, they regard it as a free experience of sorts). Flashbacks generally last between 2 and 30 seconds, whereas propaganda claims they last for hours while you're seeing monsters come at you or something which is complete idiocy. Rich: I like how people state something but don't at least explain why they've stated it. From your knowledge, how are flashbacks harmful in any way? They are visual effects, not often clearly noticeable, and short-lasting. Motion counteracts the specifically visual components of a flashback (due to the fact that the eyes can't make sense of the distorted information that they receive while trying to process a complex moving picture for you, so they disregard the signals that don't make sense and the ratio between distorted and normal signals becomes high enough that you won't detect any visual disturbances) so the whole idea of having a flashback while driving or operating heavy machinery is a falsity. Jesus: jesus Ƒµĉĸîŋğ christ man, calm down. Only people that are not aware that they are on LSD (drugged, given a different drug than they thought they were getting, etc.) might potentially do something harmful to themselves. Think of it like this: you go out to the bars, have a few drinks, and leave. You get home, crash down on the couch and watch some TV. Progressively you notice that things around you start moving by themselves, the carpet starts to swirl, objects start to melt, and you have no idea what's going on. If you haven't done any psychedelic substances before, you'll literally think you're going insane, which creates strong fears that can drive suicidal ideation. Ham: Are you REALLY getting your "unbiased", "accurate", and "reliable" information from a very obviously biased website aimed at preventing the use of "all" drugs across the globe? They're the kind of people that don't even know the definition of "drug" and claim that only illegal drugs are drugs, when in reality almost everything you put into your body for medicinal purposes or otherwise is a drug. Aspirin, ibuprofen, naproxen, acetaminophen, tobacco, alcohol, etc. are all DRUGS. And seriously? What the Ƒµĉĸîŋğ Ƒµĉĸ is over capacity? Over capacity of what? That's not even a real thing. If you mean OVER DOSE, then you are obviously lying anyways, because that little trip that "killed" him from overdose would've run up a bill around $70,000. Stop lying. It's easy to tell and you're lying for a terrible purpose; psychedelia is a magical experience. Steve: How can you get so incomprehensibly ignorant? "...is a drug OBVIOUSLY ITS DANGEROUS..." | "...ALL DRUGS ARE VERY DANGEROUS..." You, sir, are such an idiot by saying these things (among the other stupid sh!t you put in your answer). Not all illegal drugs are dangerous, and they certainly don't all have the same "very dangerous" nature. In the real world: heroin is more dangerous than morphine, morphine is more dangerous than codeine, codeine is more dangerous than acetaminophen, methamphetamine is more dangerous than cocaine, cocaine is slightly more dangerous than amphetamines, amphetamines are slightly more dangerous than caffeine. Realistically, this information doesn't tell you anything because it doesn't have any accepted chemical (whose danger level is completely known and second nature) to hold any standards to. People could think that heroin is as dangerous as aspirin, which might lead them to believe false information about morphine, codeine, etc. "ALL" drugs you say. Do you realize that tobacco and alcohol are just as much of "drugs" as marijuana and cocaine. Do you realize that aspirin, acetaminophen, naproxen, ibuprofen, caffeine, and basically any other OTC products are entirely drugs. Read a book, man.

ive taken 10 hits of the same kind of acid 10 times and the only negative side effect I noticed was not being able to sleep the first time after taking it. however the last time I took it I smoked a cone and that seem to give me a "bad trip", its kind of like losing your mind where you think your gonna die and stuff and the hullucinations aren't fun at all, I had to go for a push bike ride and ride it off. every other time was good, I suggest just don't smoke any bongs after taking it because it really sends you crazy for a while. My experience with lsd has been mesmerizing up until mixing it with a bong!!!!

It usually takes a certain period of time for the long term effects of LSD to become apparent. Individual tolerance for the drug is also quite variant.

LSD was experimented with when it was new. You'll note that it's no longer used and no legitimate medical effort has ever been made to get it off the Schedule I controlled substance list. The same thing happened with Ibogaine. These drugs have some useful properties, but the long term brain injuries far outweigh ANY benefit they've even been theorized to have. The long and short of it is that they realized it was harmful, and stopped using it.

hello, i am 19 years old and have been eating acid for three years. i have probably taken acid on more than 50 occasions, sometimes taking 10+ hits. at no point in any of those trips did i ever have any bad trip, thoughts of suicide, irrational thoughts such as being able to fly, or any of the other bad symptoms that people are claiming to be true. acid is about seeing cool things and being able to think in a broader, more open sense. it leaves no boundaries for your brain to explore and lightens the filters on your sensory and perception.

to the girl who said that lsd puts holes in your brain, i can assure you that it doesn't. holes being drilled into the brain comes from inhalants and ecstasy. acid stays in the spine and does no permanent damage. people claiming to have friends that took acid years ago, and now they're f*cked up still are lying. i know plenty of people 40+ years old that took thousands of hits back in the 60's and 70's. im talking about people who went to rainbow fest (hippie celebration and worship of rainbows) and followed the grateful dead. one man in particular has a deadhead tattoo with the word "acid written" across it. before i took acid for my first time he told me all about it, and how nothing bad ever came of it.

too answer your question more directly, acid can be dangerous, but in most situations, it isn't. the only way possible that i could see somebody having a bad trip (on just acid) is if they have never tried any drugs before hand. if anything, before trying acid you should at least smoke weed a few times to get used to being in a euphoric state for a few hours (because acid will last for a good 6-8 hours off of a few hits).

to ensure that you have a good trip, play some chill music like some reggae or janis joplin. another good selection would be some techno bands with a lot of cool noise like the bands "infected mushroom" "shpongle" or "hallucinogen". make sure the place you are at is well lit with a lot of bright colors and you will be fine. if somebody starts to freak out, change the music or lights and they will be fine. all bad side effects of acid can be immediately changed with the environment.

one more word of caution: do not mix psychedelic drugs until you've tried it a few times. i have had one bad trip in my life and it was because i took ten hits of acid and five hits of mescaline. now to be fair, i didn't know i took the mescaline, seeing as how my friends didnt tell me what is was. but the bad part only lasted an hour or so, and once i got myself to a comfortable place with music, i was fine.

take it at night, away from any responsibility or parental figures if you're young. go someplace where you dont have to worry about a single thing and you will have one of the best nights of your life.

LSD is a very inconsistent drug. one thing that is certain is that it is not toxic in the sense that it will kill you

however, that being said, there are certain long-term effects of the drug. i know people personally who have had flashbacks (hallucinations without the drug) 2-3 years after their last usage. on the other hand, i know people who use the drug somewhat consistently (.5-1 times per month) and are ok.

LSD is safe, but still unhealthy

just smoke a lot of weed

http://www.erowid.org/ - An amazing site about LSD and all the other drugs.

Go take a brain scan of his brain and look at all of the inactive "holes" that are left that his brain can't use anymore.

We only use a small percentage of our brains so maybe its not showing an effect now, but i personally like to know that all of my brain is working, so that I don't have to rely on the 70% left over after drug use incase something happens in the future.