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The expression "horse capsule" is a turn of phrase for an unnecessarily large pill, at least throughout the United States. It's pretty obvious, he's knowingly i

The expression "horse capsule" is a turn of phrase for an unnecessarily large pill, at least throughout the United States. It's pretty obvious, he's knowingly inflating values, and nods to that fact when he specifically points out that they had no good estimate of an exact dose: And I don’t know, there must’ve been a whole milligram of it there. It's like saying "we took enough to kill a horse" as a figurative statement. Pair that with must have been" which clearly indicates that they bought, and were told they had some stuff, and to trust that it's the real deal. The only firm facts are that there was enough to share among multiple people, and that they did receive an amount of the real thing, which they took. He specifically says they don't know how much was in it. The fraction of impregnated powder that each person used was probably chopped with a razor, after emptying out the contents of the capsule onto a smooth surface, and eaten.

mandelbrotwurst 8y ago
I don't know...even if it was one milligram of powder (a high but not unheard of dose), that wouldn't come close to filling even a tiny capsule! The only way to get a capsule full with 1mg of L that could be split into even doses is if someone who had access to the raw powder managed to mix it relatively evenly with something inert at a ratio of like 100-500:1. If that sounds challenging, it's because it is, and it's the exact reason why LSD is typically dissolved into liquid.
- infotanium 8y ago
  I'm not saying the "one milligram" number is to be believed. I'm saying they had a large pill, packed with a curious amount of powder, which a handful of people shared. Sugar cubes are a commonly used substrate. I could readily imagine someone in the 1960's, somewhere along the supply chain having a quantity of prepared sugar cubes looking dubious after changing hands too many times, and repackaging them one-by-one into capsules (maybe packing more than one cube into a single large capsule), with a pestle and mortar, and topping them off with regular powdered sugar. I think you're expecting other people to operate with a degree of precision and mistrust, neither of which stacks up against the way people really operate on the ground.
  - heavenlyblue 8y ago
    You may explain it this way quite easily. But frankly, there’s a standard, which is a tab. It’s small, dry so can be stored for extended periods of time, and the chance it contains anything but acid is incredibly small, as anything comparable would require vastly larger volumes. Point being: if you made a decision to take a dodgy-looking pill in the middle of nowhere, don’t go on talking about the fact that you’ve exprienced something worthy. You’ve got a bad taste and noone wants to listen about that.

mandelbrotwurst 8y ago

I don't know...even if it was one milligram of powder (a high but not unheard of dose), that wouldn't come close to filling even a tiny capsule! The only way to get a capsule full with 1mg of L that could be split into even doses is if someone who had access to the raw powder managed to mix it relatively evenly with something inert at a ratio of like 100-500:1. If that sounds challenging, it's because it is, and it's the exact reason why LSD is typically dissolved into liquid.

infotanium 8y ago
I'm not saying the "one milligram" number is to be believed. I'm saying they had a large pill, packed with a curious amount of powder, which a handful of people shared. Sugar cubes are a commonly used substrate. I could readily imagine someone in the 1960's, somewhere along the supply chain having a quantity of prepared sugar cubes looking dubious after changing hands too many times, and repackaging them one-by-one into capsules (maybe packing more than one cube into a single large capsule), with a pestle and mortar, and topping them off with regular powdered sugar. I think you're expecting other people to operate with a degree of precision and mistrust, neither of which stacks up against the way people really operate on the ground.
- heavenlyblue 8y ago
  You may explain it this way quite easily. But frankly, there’s a standard, which is a tab. It’s small, dry so can be stored for extended periods of time, and the chance it contains anything but acid is incredibly small, as anything comparable would require vastly larger volumes. Point being: if you made a decision to take a dodgy-looking pill in the middle of nowhere, don’t go on talking about the fact that you’ve exprienced something worthy. You’ve got a bad taste and noone wants to listen about that.