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If the details of this story are true - and sadly, in cases in the USA where police shoot someone, it's very reasonable to doubt any claims made by "authorities
by jMyles 7y ago
If the details of this story are true - and sadly, in cases in the USA where police shoot someone, it's very reasonable to doubt any claims made by "authorities" unless there is ironclad evidence - then I think that there is zero chance that this drug was in fact LSD.
LSD can certainly cause confusion and terror, but it does not generally cause the kind of delirium and rage described by police here.
Also, the reporting in this particular article is pathetic:
> The National Institute on Drug Abuse describes LSD as "one of the most powerful mind-altering chemicals." Some people who use the drug can experience psychosis or paranoia.
NIDA is basically completely discredited at this point on the effects of this class of drugs, having spent the past four decades denying their medical benefits.
Furthermore, the unsourced assertion "Some people who use the drug can experience psychosis or paranoia", obviously relying on the Osmond-era "psychotomimetic" designation, appears to have been a side-effect of LSD being administered in the sterile conditions of a mental institution in the 1950s and early 1960s and not typical of the effects outside that setting.
It is much more likely that this person unwittingly ingested a different compound - and again, that's assuming that these details are even accurate in the first place and not a CYA story by a person trying to justify discharging a firearm at another person.
- chriscappuccio 7y agoOK, if it wasn't lsd, what was it? His friends who were also taking it were involved and talked to the police.
- almost_usual 7y agoSo a YouTube engineer with a degree from Stanford couldn’t accurately identify LSD or dose it correctly. That gives me hope for everyone else...
- jMyles 7y agoI'm not sure that this person's background, education, or employer is indicative of the degree of reasonable hope. LSD (along with all other drugs) needs to be made legal and regular so that it becomes easy to obtain a quality-controlled dose.
- almost_usual 7y ago>I'm not sure that this person's background, education, or employer is indicative of the degree of reasonable hope How is it not indicative? Someone with a graduate degree from Stanford who works at YouTube as an engineer should have above average intelligence? If we believe the prestige of Stanford and Google then world class intelligence. Yet this person couldn’t responsibly take LSD or correctly test it. He lost his mind and went on a violent rampage that hurt a lot of innocent people. >LSD (along with all other drugs) needs to be made legal and regular so that it becomes easy to obtain a quality-controlled dose. That’s fine, as long as people pay the price of doing something irresponsibly and innocent people aren’t harmed by it. Do it in a controlled environment with a guide.