acid, tabs and microdots.

LSD is actually a drug called D-Lysergic Acid Diethylamide and it is a liquid. It is then put on to small pieces of blotting paper which are known as tabs. It can also come as very small tablets known as microdots.

It is usually swallowed.

LSD is a psychologically addictive drug.

The effects can last up to 12 hours and it is virtually impossible to tell how strong the
tab is until you take it. When the effects do finally wear off the user feels tired, unhappy,
as though they need a good wash and have stomach ache.

It is a class A drug.



The reason why people take LSD is for the “trip”. People compare LSD to going on a journey. The first part of the journey or trip is supposed to be something like this. Once the tab has been taken the effects start after about 30 minutes. Users say that they start to see traces coming off objects. The best way to describe it is like the old disco videos in the 70’s (ask your folks if you don’t know). People will sit and watch a tree or move their hand from side to side watching it as if it was the best thing they’d ever seen.

The next part of the trip happens after about an hour. The world starts to look different. Users see patterns that aren’t there, lights look brighter and the normal world starts to look very different.

The main part of the trip is what the user really wants. They feel as though the real world has stopped, “it’s like being in your own fi lm, you see things that aren’t there, it is the best feeling”. Users often say it is like being in a totally different world. When they start seeing things that aren’t really there it is called hallucinating. The trip can be good or bad. A bad trip can be your worst nightmare come true and you can’t stop it.