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>you're risking your health Really? How so? What health risks come with microdosing LSD? Are they comparable to the health risks of Adderall? Or nicotine? Or
by pharrlax 10y ago
>you're risking your health
Really? How so? What health risks come with microdosing LSD?
Are they comparable to the health risks of Adderall? Or nicotine? Or even caffeine?
>Of the 20 drugs ranked harm to individual and societal harm by David Nutt, LSD was third to last, approximately 10 times less harmful than alcohol. The most significant adverse effect was impairment of mental functioning while intoxicated.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lysergic_acid_diethylamide#Adverse_effects https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lysergic_acid_diethylamide#Adv...
- smallnamespace 10y agoThe risks seem to be of a different and rather less tolerable form though: "Review studies suggest that LSD likely plays a role in precipitating the onset of acute psychosis in previously healthy individuals with an increased likelihood in individuals who have a family history of schizophrenia." Like, being mentally fine, then taking LSD and having that precipitate acute psychosis seems like a rather terrible downside tail risk, even if it's statistically very rare.
- AstralStorm 10y agoAcute psychosis isn't even that bad, though it could damage career irreparably. The more important side effect are sudden personality changes which cam happen after any number of doses. Microdosing is supposedly safer but data is still extremely scarce.
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- anexprogrammer 10y agoI find it odd in pointing out health risks and citing David Nutt's study[0] you don't mention the #1 damaging drug - alcohol. [0] http://www.economist.com/blogs/dailychart/2010/11/drugs_cause_most_harm http://www.economist.com/blogs/dailychart/2010/11/drugs_caus...