Across the US 20.2 million people aged 12 and older used LSDat least once in their lifetime. Many teenagers and young adults 742,000 (12-17) 4.5 million (18-25). LSD is very popular among high school students

LD50 IS 60 MG/KG IN RATS ingested orally. A lethal dose for a 10 kg person would be 0.6g it 3g for a 50kg person and 6g for a 100kg person

LSD comes from a fungus that infects grain and was found by Albert Hoffman in 1943. When he accidentally ingested some of it and experienced visual hallucinations on. On April 19 1944 he took a larger dose and experienced the first intentional acid trip on his bicycle. It is now known as Bicycle day to LSD users

When a person take LSD they usually feel a sense of euphoria and see or hear perceptual changes. They often have confusion, headaches nausea, vomiting and sweating or the chills. People can have good trips where they might have a life changing experience or a “bad trip” which could induce fear, paranoia, or a feeling that the entire world is corrupt.

Although LSD is a relatively safe drug because it is not addictive and has no recorded overdoses. People can still experience flashbacks even years after last ingesting the drug. If someone is experiencing flashbacks there are medicines they can take for it.

LSD is illegal in most of the United States, however recently it was decriminalized in California

LSD Binds itself to brain cell receptors and alters how the brain responds to seratonin. It Modifies neural pathways producing visual hallucinations and altering the perception of sound and time. Long time users can develop hallucinogen persisting perception disorder (HPPD). Which is like flashbacks but it is long-term and can be irreversible. There are also connections between LSD and schizophrenia because they both produce similar symptoms, and schizophrenia medications can block the effects of LSD. The treatments for this is mainly Benzodiazepines.