Can LSD Kill You? 

- Disclaimer about me not being a doctor and just being from the research I’ve done
- There are actually quite a few people asking this question each month
- Believe this is left over from the war against drugs but also a reasonable concern
- I am curious whether people are planning on trying LSD or just curious in general
- LSD is synthesized in a lab from a chemical precursor isolated from a fungal source
- LSD is usually taken in micrograms (1,000 micrograms equates to 1 milligram)
- The standard dose of LSD is believed to be anywhere between 10 and 500 micrograms
- Overdose effects have been recorded at doses from 1,000 to 7,000 micrograms
- Deaths related to LSD have come from suicides, dangerous behaviour like jumping, falling or causing problems with police or others
- Erowid estimates that the risk of death from taking LSD is probably less than one death per million LSD use sessions
- As of 2010, a similar hallucinogen called 25I-NBOMe, 25I for short, has made the rounds in recreational circles
- Haddad and Winchester stated in 1990, "No well-documented human deaths resulting directly from the toxic effects of LSD itself have occurred
- When someone takes too much LSD it can cause scary hallucinations
- Technically, however, you can’t take so much LSD that it kills you
- In fact, we have seen some incredible stories on what many people would consider overdoses leading to positive experiences or breaks from addiction, trauma and more
- There are lots of “side effects” of LSD
- People can develop a tolerance for LSD quite easily
- If you do overdose or are experience a bad trip on LSD and are scared there could be harm, please seek emergency medical treatment
- Recommend doing LSD with a partner, friend, care provider that has experience with the substance
- Psychosis can become a permanent symptom of using LSD, especially in individuals with mental disorders or a family history of mental illness
- Think about your genetic history and own experiences with mental health
- There is the idea of set and setting that should be considered
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