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I find that article to be almost unreadable. I recommend the original scientific paper instead, which surprisingly doesn't have a paywall: https://www.ncbi.nlm.
by kens 3y ago
I find that article to be almost unreadable. I recommend the original scientific paper instead, which surprisingly doesn't have a paywall: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1129381/pdf/westjmed00307-0025.pdf https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1129381/pdf/wes...
Summary: 8 people snorted lines of pure LSD by mistake, resulting in coma, respiratory arrest, blood clotting problems, and other life-threatening symptoms. All were normal after 12 hours and discharged from the hospital after 48 hours. Followup over a year showed no residual problems.
It's pretty surprising that one can take thousands of doses of LSD without lasting effect. Most drugs would kill you long before a 1000x overdose. I'm also a bit surprised that they didn't get shot or something for wasting maybe $100,000 worth of LSD.
- oasisaimlessly 3y ago> [...] wasting maybe $100,000 worth of LSD. You're high by roughly an order of magnitude. LSD is only $1-2 per 100ug (one "tab"/"hit"). Eight people * 1000 tabs/person * $1.5/tab = $12,000 over everyone; $1,500 per person.
- MaxfordAndSons 3y agoMaybe that was the going rate at the time, but GP's estimate is roughly accurate for contemporary retail prices.
- stemlord 3y agoThanks. Extremely obnoxiously written article-- the excessive use of emojis and gratuitous jokes to describe what must have been a nightmare for the victims is icing on the trashy cake.