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Schedule 1 substances include heroin, lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), marijuana (cannabis), 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA, Ecstasy), psilocybin, and others.
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Arthur L. Caplan, STAT, 2 Dec. 2022
The use of lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), ecstasy, and other hallucinogens has increased since 2015, and the latest data shows that 5.5 million people have taken psychedelic drugs in the last year.
—Jodi Helmer, Fortune, 27 Sep. 2022
Hoffman synthesized lysergic acid diethylamide while developing pharmaceuticals for Sandoz Laboratories.
—Grayson Quay, The Week, 19 Apr. 2022
On April 19, 1943, the Swiss father of psychedelic medicine Albert Hofmann dropped lysergic acid diethylamide (at 4:20pm, is that a coincidence?) and went on a bike ride, becoming the first human to trip on LSD.
—Andrew Deangelo, Forbes, 14 Apr. 2022
One of these Hoffman dubbed lysergic acid diethylamide, or LSD-25.
—Ellen Ruppel Shell, BostonGlobe.com, 11 May 2018
Researchers said the studies were abandoned in the early 1970s when hallucinogenic drugs such as LSD -- lysergic acid diethylamide -- became widely used on the streets, leading to strict federal laws regulating their use....
—Eliza Strickland, Discover Magazine, 8 Sep. 2010
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Arthur L. Caplan, STAT, 2 Dec. 2022
The use of lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), ecstasy, and other hallucinogens has increased since 2015, and the latest data shows that 5.5 million people have taken psychedelic drugs in the last year.
—Jodi Helmer, Fortune, 27 Sep. 2022
Hoffman synthesized lysergic acid diethylamide while developing pharmaceuticals for Sandoz Laboratories.
—Grayson Quay, The Week, 19 Apr. 2022
On April 19, 1943, the Swiss father of psychedelic medicine Albert Hofmann dropped lysergic acid diethylamide (at 4:20pm, is that a coincidence?) and went on a bike ride, becoming the first human to trip on LSD.
—Andrew Deangelo, Forbes, 14 Apr. 2022
One of these Hoffman dubbed lysergic acid diethylamide, or LSD-25.
—Ellen Ruppel Shell, BostonGlobe.com, 11 May 2018
Researchers said the studies were abandoned in the early 1970s when hallucinogenic drugs such as LSD -- lysergic acid diethylamide -- became widely used on the streets, leading to strict federal laws regulating their use....
—Eliza Strickland, Discover Magazine, 8 Sep. 2010
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lysergic acid diethylamide
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lysergic acid di·eth·yl·am·ide
-ˌdī-ˌeth-ə-ˈlam-ˌīd 
: lsd
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