Why is LSD illegal?

I have never tried it, but I plan on doing so when my kids are a little older....


Why would it be illegal?
Closest I got to LSD was ecstasy. The more I used it the less effect it had . The first time was the best! Then it tapered off.
 
Closest I got to LSD was ecstasy. The more I used it the less effect it had . The first time was the best! Then it tapered off.

I was never a fan of modern chemistry, but I did down a glass or two of Crown Royal and did a toke or two off a joint in my younger days.
Look no further than Syd Barret. Although he also had mental issues, the LSD use cost him a soaring career with Pink Floyd. That, and I
guess chasing stationary objects and watching walls breathe didn't appeal to me.
 
I know I was never into the Alcohol Buzz thing!

I do like me a mild cannabis or sativa high every now and then though- and for me, it's gotta' be Gummy Bears or brownies now, as I quit smoking years ago.

The reason why I never did any other mind-altering drugs- or just drugs in general, is I was afraid I might enjoy them a little too much. :laugh:
 
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Closest I got to LSD was ecstasy. The more I used it the less effect it had . The first time was the best! Then it tapered off.

LSD is even more pronounced - If you use it on night one - on night 2 you would need to increase your dose 5X to come even close to the same feeling.

but honestly - with each one being a 6+ hour commitment a few times a year seems most sensible
 
Blame Nixon.

The psychedelic drug LSD was first prohibited long before U.S. President Richard Nixon declared an “all-out offensive” on drug abuse in June 1971.

Then in 1968, U.S. Congress passed a bill amending the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to ban the personal possession of LSD at the federal level.

Two years later, on October 27, 1970, the Controlled Substances Act was signed into law.

https://healingmaps.com/is-lsd-legal/
 
I have never tried it, but I plan on doing so when my kids are a little older....


Why would it be illegal?

It's been decriminalized in Oregon. It's legal to possess small amounts. I'll never try processed LSD, but someday, I will try mushrooms - the psychotropic kind.
 
I have never tried it, but I plan on doing so when my kids are a little older....


Why would it be illegal?

It is on the schedule 1 list. So it is illegal because lawmakers have determined that it has no valid medical use and has a high risk of abuse. I believe that this drug reached that list because of the risks of flashbacks where users who have stopped taking the drug experience effects of the drug even though they no longer take it and have not for sometimes very long periods of time. It has also been related (by the same legislators) to psychoses, like schizophrenia and/or severe depression. Users have also had accidents, etc. under the influence endangering others.

That is the "why" of it, though I'd love to hear some statistics and read some studies regarding the dangers. For instance, how often might somebody have a flashback? Is that still an issue? How often do they cause accidents in comparison to alcohol users? Things like that.
 
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