TheTripDoctor
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For a long time, people have used psychedelics openly and freely, eating whatever comes along on the street to borrow from Hunter S thompson, but what really is in this LSD? Back when it was synthesized fisrt by albert hoffman, im going to assume he purified it to the point of almost 100%, if not on the fisrt try, on a later try, Nevertheless, he was affected by an amount small enough to accidentally slip through his skin.
Later synthesis such as sandoz were known to be of USP grade, and people recognized the liquid sandoz as being perfectly made, all until it was made illegal in 1965, when people such as owsley and others began the first (assumed) underground manufacture of LSD, and by owsleys own admission his first batch was a black mess of questionable purity, yet it retained the same effect.
Later batches were said to be somewhat different, notably people were mentioning a speedlike side reaction whereas the sandoz was such a pure consciousness expanding LSD, it would provide a lasting positive effect on its user. People began to notice a difference and called it "bad acid" which later was identified by people as acid made incorrectly.
"first-hand experience (about 30 trips with street
acid in all). And in each session I felt that there was something it lacked
- it was too "electric," too "speedy" and too "mind-shattering." The
earlier clarity of "insight" which I had obtained via the Sandoz acid was
replaced by confusion, brokenness, words and worlds thrown into absolute
dismemberment, or even absolute chaos, though, I must add, often coupled
with a feeling that I can only describe as "sublime inflation," a super
abundance of emotive energy, but it could not signify more a passionate
flame and less the life-giving sun."
Nowadays, i cant even be sure we are actually taking lsd, as there are MANY compounds related to LSD that are quite active and provide a very similar effect, LSA, MLD-41, ALD-52, BOL-148, MBL-61, MIL, AL-LAD, ETH-LAD, etc......
From a page on erowid:
"I think the problem for the underground chemists manufacturing clandestine
acid was a shortage of ergot, without which the synthesis of d-LSD-25 is
impossible. Until 1965, supplies of ergot could be bought with little
difficulty from three or four European chemical companies; but pressure from
Washington put a stop to this, doubtlessly hopeful that this would lead to
an end of clandestine LSD. In one sense, the Federal authorities were
right. The underground ceased turning out d-LSD-25; instead, they
discovered a wholly synthetic substance akin to d-LSD-25....Sure the new
stuff "worked" in the sense that any new mind-altering chemical "works" to
produce subjective effects within the body, but it didn't seem to produce in
those who used it any particular noticeable elevation in either head or
heart; at least it was - and probably is - an unpopular view amongst the
"congnoscenti" who claim that some of the street acid is capable of
producing positive subjective effects of a "long-lasting nature," though
they readily admit a lot of the stuff sold as "pure acid" is actually
methamphetamine (a potent form of amphetamine first developed by the U.S.
Army) or a stripped-down ergotamine compound by modern molecular chemistry."
Striped down ergotamine compound sounds like a lysergic acid derivative like those stated above. Anyone have anything more to add? What do YOU think street acid is nowadays?
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~The Recreational Pharmacist (Ketamike)
I have never belonged wholeheartedly to country or State, to my circle of friends or even to my own family...
Such isolation is sometimes bitter, but I do not regret being cut off from the understanding and sympathy of other men.
I lose something by it,to be sure, but I am compensated for it in being rendered independent of the customs,
opinions and prejudices of others, and am not tempted to rest my peace of mind upon such shifting foundations.
--Albert Einstein
My AIM: TheTripDoctor (always on)
Later synthesis such as sandoz were known to be of USP grade, and people recognized the liquid sandoz as being perfectly made, all until it was made illegal in 1965, when people such as owsley and others began the first (assumed) underground manufacture of LSD, and by owsleys own admission his first batch was a black mess of questionable purity, yet it retained the same effect.
Later batches were said to be somewhat different, notably people were mentioning a speedlike side reaction whereas the sandoz was such a pure consciousness expanding LSD, it would provide a lasting positive effect on its user. People began to notice a difference and called it "bad acid" which later was identified by people as acid made incorrectly.
"first-hand experience (about 30 trips with street
acid in all). And in each session I felt that there was something it lacked
- it was too "electric," too "speedy" and too "mind-shattering." The
earlier clarity of "insight" which I had obtained via the Sandoz acid was
replaced by confusion, brokenness, words and worlds thrown into absolute
dismemberment, or even absolute chaos, though, I must add, often coupled
with a feeling that I can only describe as "sublime inflation," a super
abundance of emotive energy, but it could not signify more a passionate
flame and less the life-giving sun."
Nowadays, i cant even be sure we are actually taking lsd, as there are MANY compounds related to LSD that are quite active and provide a very similar effect, LSA, MLD-41, ALD-52, BOL-148, MBL-61, MIL, AL-LAD, ETH-LAD, etc......
From a page on erowid:
"I think the problem for the underground chemists manufacturing clandestine
acid was a shortage of ergot, without which the synthesis of d-LSD-25 is
impossible. Until 1965, supplies of ergot could be bought with little
difficulty from three or four European chemical companies; but pressure from
Washington put a stop to this, doubtlessly hopeful that this would lead to
an end of clandestine LSD. In one sense, the Federal authorities were
right. The underground ceased turning out d-LSD-25; instead, they
discovered a wholly synthetic substance akin to d-LSD-25....Sure the new
stuff "worked" in the sense that any new mind-altering chemical "works" to
produce subjective effects within the body, but it didn't seem to produce in
those who used it any particular noticeable elevation in either head or
heart; at least it was - and probably is - an unpopular view amongst the
"congnoscenti" who claim that some of the street acid is capable of
producing positive subjective effects of a "long-lasting nature," though
they readily admit a lot of the stuff sold as "pure acid" is actually
methamphetamine (a potent form of amphetamine first developed by the U.S.
Army) or a stripped-down ergotamine compound by modern molecular chemistry."
Striped down ergotamine compound sounds like a lysergic acid derivative like those stated above. Anyone have anything more to add? What do YOU think street acid is nowadays?
------------------
~The Recreational Pharmacist (Ketamike)
I have never belonged wholeheartedly to country or State, to my circle of friends or even to my own family...
Such isolation is sometimes bitter, but I do not regret being cut off from the understanding and sympathy of other men.
I lose something by it,to be sure, but I am compensated for it in being rendered independent of the customs,
opinions and prejudices of others, and am not tempted to rest my peace of mind upon such shifting foundations.
--Albert Einstein
My AIM: TheTripDoctor (always on)
