Talk:LSD

Anxiety/Panic

I added this under Dangers. Anxiety and panic attacks are the most common LSD-related adverse effects. I'll add some references, or maybe somebody else could expand on this.

Notable individuals

Paul McCartney never said that those songs were about LSD. In fact, the referenced article says the exact opposite. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.189.67.87 (talk) 07:57, 13 January 2012 (UTC)

You only have three people, soon it will be thirty. Kesey isn’t even there yet, how to handle him? Do you stop at three hundred, or three thousand?

Will people want to be on the list? Do you only include those who are “out”, or do you count those who have been convicted or otherwise proven? Or thought to be? We would think “out only”, but it’s your game.

Perhaps adding Dock Ellis, pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates. He was very vocal about pitching a no-hitter game while on LSD.

You don’t want to appear biased, but do you need to have a represenative number of negative examples, and who is who?

On another track, when you get to Music, you will have a ton of great “before and after” material. Probably in other arts, also, but Music will be huge.

We wish this article "good luck", it will need it. Thanks for your time.Bornagainandagainandagain (talk) 01:07, 8 November 2011 (UTC)

Allen Ginsburg, poet, advocate. (I don’t know what to say about this guy, but he is notable.)

Ken Kesey, author, advocate, and main subject of Tom Wolfe’s The Electris Kool-Aid Acid Test. (He is known primarily for L.S.D., but both in reality and as Tom Wolfe’s “folk hero”, he has had a huge impact on the drug).

Timothy Leary, researcher and advocate. (Despite his shortcomings, he’s the most well known “researcher”. Use of drug seems to affect objectivity in many cases.)

Hunter S. Thompson, author and journalist. His “Gonzo Journalism” often features exagerated drug useage. (Altho he often presents himself as a drunken, drugged maniac, this guy’s pretty deep, and must have more fans than just me. In Hell’s Angels (page 227) he says “half dozen bouts I recall”. Associated with Kesey, Tom Wolfe, and probably Ginsburg.)

Who is notable, and why?

Tom Wolfe, author, does not appear to have ever taken the drug, yet his Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test is clearly important. Does he belong here?

Rock & Roll musicians. Altho The Beatles are obvious, a wise person told us “if we started putting in every pop culture connection, that section might wind up longer than the rest of the article.” We agree. There may be more coming on this subject.

Other sites' lists- On the Wiki article “Psychedelic_experience” there is an outside link to http://www.tietoiseen.fi/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Main_Page. This appears to be some parallel/competing? Wiki site, which has lists of public figures’ comments on L.S.D. and other drugs. Appears quite useful to this section.

Thanx.Exwheelman5200 (talk) 15:59, 4 December 2011 (UTC)

Treatment of adverse reactions

This was removed recently from the "Antidotes" section because it was unreferenced medical advise:

While it also may not end an LSD trip, the best chemical treatment for a "bad trip" is an anxiolytic agent such as diazepam (Valium) or another benzodiazepine. As the effect of the drug is psychological as well as physical, any treatment should focus on calming the patient. Limiting stimuli such as bright lights and loud noises can help in the event of an ill reaction.

This is the standard advice in medical textbooks, and it would be sensible and fitting to include here. Please, could someone provide a reference? Or I will try to find one eventually. Tova Hella (talk) 15:40, 26 April 2012 (UTC)

Done. --Anthonyhcole (talk) 17:38, 26 April 2012 (UTC)

Lifetime and past year % use

Please, would someone write up prevalence of use? Here are the statistics for European countries: http://www.emcdda.europa.eu/stats11/gps And here for the US: http://oas.samhsa.gov/NSDUH/2k10NSDUH/tabs/TOC.htm Tova Hella (talk) 16:42, 26 April 2012 (UTC)

illegal use by Department of Defense

A great article. Incidentally, there is a set of hearings before Congress concerning the Department of Defense usage of LSD on unknowing soldiers. Senator Kennedy chaired them. Although there is a record of the hearings in Government Documents, they have thus far illuded me. I wish someone could find them. Perhaps someone cam across them in their research. It would be a great addition to what is already a great article. Mugginsx (talk) 13:28, 20 May 2012 (UTC)

New form?

this article provides very little information, but if this idea of LSD causing people to eat people spreads, it will be highly notable. does anyone know of any new variants on the chemical that are sold on the street, which may be what the person is referring to?(mercurywoodrose)75.61.130.86 (talk) 20:28, 28 May 2012 (UTC)