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Re:The Pied Piper of Psychedelic Toads by standardUser on Tuesday March 22, 2022 @11:08PM (#30774426)
LSD is unique in that the normal dosage is about the size of a quarter of a postage stamp, or a single drop of liquid. There aren't many contaminates on that scale that can cause harm.

But more generally speaking, a person has to gauge the safety of a drug they buy on their knowledge of the source. Ideally, it's via someone who has purchased from that source before and can vouch for the drugs.

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Re:The Pied Piper of Psychedelic Toads by pmoriarty on Wednesday March 23, 2022 @12:39AM (#30775016)
It used to be the case that no lethal drugs were potent enough to be active in the tiny dosages that LSD was distributed in... so you could feel pretty safe in taking it.

Unfortunately, that has not been the case, as there are now very potent and potentially lethal drugs like Bromo-DragonFLY[1] that are active in similar dosages to LSD.

So you really need to test what you get.

[1] - https://psychonautwiki.org/wiki/Bromo-DragonFLY

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Re:The Pied Piper of Psychedelic Toads by standardUser on Thursday March 24, 2022 @01:32PM (#30792968)
Who exactly is trying to murder me?
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Re:The Pied Piper of Psychedelic Toads by Maursault on Tuesday March 22, 2022 @11:36PM (#30774642)
> LSD is unique in that the normal dosage is about the size of a quarter of a postage stamp, or a single drop of liquid.

Both these descriptions of dose are meaningless. A typical dose of LSD is anywhere between 50 and 300 micrograms. But with such a minuscule amount being so potent it is deceptive when considering what a lethal overdose of LSD is. I've heard it said you'd have to literally drown in LSD for it to kill you. I expect the actual lethal dose is an estimation, because even 500x the normal dose is apparently not lethal.

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