LSD Around the World
LSD is the most powerful hallucinogenic drug. It can be as much as 200 times stronger than hallucinogenic mushrooms.
Since 1975, researchers funded by the US National Institute on Drug Abuse have annually surveyed some 15,000 high school seniors nationwide to determine trends in use and to measure the students’ attitudes and beliefs about drug abuse. Among high school seniors, 11.3 percent reported having used LSD at least once in their lives. This number jumped to a high of 13.6 percent in 1997. Since 2006, it has stayed at or below 6 percent.
A Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration study reported 30 million people in the US aged 12 and older have used LSD in their lifetimes. About 2.5 million of those surveyed had used the drug in the last year, with over 660,000 using it for the first time.
In Europe, as many as 20 percent of nearly 50,000 people surveyed across the continent reported that they had taken LSD in the last year. Among those aged 15 to 24, the percentage of people who had used LSD in their lifetime exceeded 1 percent in 17 countries (Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Slovenia and the United Kingdom).
LSD Potency
Most powerful hallucinogenic (mind‑altering) drug
LSD is up to 200 times more potent than hallucinogenic mushrooms
LSD is up to 5,000 times stronger than mescaline*
* mescaline: a powerful hallucinogenic primarily found in the peyote cactus
I started hanging out at strip clubs and casinos and became very promiscuous, visiting brothel after brothel, and was soon introduced to drugs.
“I lost all my inheritance and had to move to a crack house, where I stayed for over a year, losing my business, becoming a thief and watching people die.
“I was arrested for attempted hijacking and went to prison.
“I had hurt and lost everyone that loved me and was disowned.
“I ended up homeless and on the streets, living and sleeping in a cardboard box by the [train] station, begging and struggling to find ways to get my next meal.” —Fred
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