LSD: My Life-Saving Drug

Re:LSD: My Life-Saving Drug by ap22213 on Tuesday February 02, 2016 @08:48PM (#11024209)

One of the biggest issues with illicit drugs is that you never know what you're getting. There's no quality control. Even your usual dealer may not know what they have. There are people that I know who won't eat beef unless they see the farm and cow beforehand, but yet they'll gladly ingest whatever chemical is given to them.

(That said, I've personally never heard of anyone who'd been severely damaged by drugs... well, except for heroin, alcohol, and cocaine. Six of my childhood friends had died of heroin, two from alcohol, and one from cocaine. Heroin is the scourge of the working poor.)

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Re:LSD: My Life-Saving Drug by abrookewood on Tuesday February 02, 2016 @09:13PM (#11024291)

Even if you can source drugs legally, people need to recognise that psychedelics can trigger underlying conditions. They're not risk free.

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Re:LSD: My Life-Saving Drug by GordonS on Wednesday February 03, 2016 @06:11AM (#11025850)

If you are buying 'raw' ingredients, such as mushrooms or marijuana, there is a much better chance of getting what you expect.

Of course, it's not guarenteed (they could for example be sprayed with another substance), but even in terms of economics for the dealer, it probably wouldn't make sense to try to adulterate such things. Adulteration is much more prevelant when dealing with relatively expensive, highly processed drugs, where there are many levels of people in the supply chain; the temptation to cut it to increase margins is just too high.

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