Are you all-knowing about acid, or are you lacking in your LSD knowledge? It’s time to test your knowledge to see if you KnowYourLSD.

1. What is LSD made from?
A. Liquid
B. Fungus
C. Paper
D. The secrets of the universe

2. What is the common dose for LSD?
A. About 30 micrograms, or a ¼ of a tab to begin with.
B. About 120 micrograms, or a whole tab
C. It depends on what you want the experience to be
D. The entire sheet. Why would you rip up the pretty pictures?

3. You can always dose up once you’ve had some acid, but you can’t dose…
A. To the side
B. Together with friends
C. Down
D. Around

4. What is the chemical name for LSD
A. Acid
B. Lysergic acid diethylamide 25
C. Dimethyltryptamine
D. Methyl​enedioxy​methamphetamine

5. The onset, peak, and comedown effects of an LSD trip generally last up to…
A. 1 Hour
B. 5 Hours
C. 12 Hours
D. 48 Hours

6. LSD is never fully metabolised and crystalises in the spine so that it can be re-released at any time, creating intense flashbacks.
A. True
B. False

7. What are the positive sensations that you may feel when taking LSD?
A. Confident
B. Dreamlike
C. Introspective
D. All of the above and then some

8. What are the negative sensations that you may feel when taking LSD?
A. Anxious
B. Confused
C. Paranoid
D. All of the above and then some

9. What type of drug is LSD?
A. Depressant
B. Stimulant
C. Psychedelic
D. AWESOME, AMIRITE??

10. What does LSD withdrawal look like?
A. Headaches
B. Sweat/chills
C. The shakes
D. All of the above
E. None of the above

11. Can you physically overdose on LSD?
A. Yes
B. Yes, but you have to have over 830 tabs at once
C. Maybe?
D. No, but you can mess your sense of reality up

12. What is the most important thing to consider before taking LSD?
A. Set
B. Setting
C. Company
D. All of the above
E. None of the above

Answers

1: B. Fungus
LSD is synthesised from the ergot fungus that grows on rye.
Read about ergot on the US Forest Service website

2: A. 30 micrograms to start
A tab will have approximately 120 micrograms on it, but there’s no way for us to tell how strong that acid is. Starting with ¼ of a tab and waiting for an hour will give you an indication of what’s going to happen.
That being said, this also depends on what you’re taking the acid for.

• If you’re taking it to make the world a pretty, sparkly place, ¼ of a tab to start will probably do you, depending on your personal chemistry.
• If you’re taking it to have a good long look at the inner recesses of your soul, you might want a bit more to start with.

3: C. Down
Once you put drugs in your body you can’t get them back out again.

4: B. lysergic acid diethylamide 25
Read our info page on LSD

5: C. 12 Hours
Read our info page on LSD

6: B. False
LSD is generally metabolised within hours and not ‘stored’ anywhere. Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of Lysergic Acid Diethylamide in Healthy Subjects

7: D. All of the above
Read our info page on LSD

8: D. All of the above
Read our info page on LSD

9: C. Psychedelic
Read our info page on LSD

10: E. None of the above
LSD doesn’t have a chemically dependent component, but people can become habituated to taking LSD regularly. This can result in a low mood and irritability, but it’s not considered ‘withdrawal’.
Psychedelic Therapy: A Primer for Primary Care Clinicians—Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (LSD)

11: B. Yes
You can probably overdose on LSD, but you’d have to try really REALLY hard. The lethal oral dose of LSD is unknown, but it is somewhere between 130 doses (a conservative estimate) up to many thousands of doses. Having that much LSD accidentally in one sitting is…unlikely. Currently no deaths attributed directly to LSD consumption have ever been recorded, globally.
Science Alert: A Woman Accidentally Took 550 Times The Normal LSD Dose, Case Report Details

D: All of the above
Read our guide on managing your set and setting: Set, Setting, and the Suck: How to avoid negative experiences at festivals