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Maybe not exactly the same, but plenty of people do buy LSD and other hallucinogens from illegal sources. The lack of cartels are perhaps a reflection of the l

• Bayart 1y ago
  It's a reflection of the lack of money. Those substances are comparatively cheap, not habit forming and don't build up long term tolerance. A lot of them are pretty easy to DIY (though not LSD-25). The typical LSD user will buy a $10 blotter once in a while. The money flow is not worth mentioning in the broader scope of illegal substances trafficking.
• voytec 1y ago
  > The lack of cartels are perhaps a reflection of the lack of the international supply chains etc. No. Most of Europe (apart from Scandinavian states, Belarus and Russian Federation, I believe) has access to legal LSD prodrugs. Not analogs but a LSD-25 molecule with attached [it changes] something group which is detached after ingestion, making the ingested substance "the real thing". These do not pass the LSD/DMT Ehrlich test[0]. AFAIK citizens of at least a few US states can as well fully legally obtain such compounds from up north. So no - lack of LSD cartels is not a result of the lack of international supply chains. As GP stated - it's because these substances have a very low addiction potential. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ehrlich%27s_reagent https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ehrlich%27s_reagent
  • Klonoar 1y ago
    Tangential, but some people have indeed reported batches of 1P-LSD passing that test.