LSD

First synthesized by German chemist Albert Hoffman in 1938, lysergic acid diethylamide, or LSD, is one of the most potent psychotropic, or mind-altering, drugs ever known to man. A normal dose of cocaine may consist of 25% of one gram, whereas one dose of LSD, or "acid", may be any where from 30 to 250 micrograms (one microgram equaling one-thousandth of one milligram; a milligram equals one-thousandth of a gram). Due to this extremely high potency, users of LSD may be "high" for anywhere from 4 to 14 hours on one dose.

LSD is usually sold in one of the following forms:

• A liquid form normally contained in small glass vials;
• thin squares of gelatin, or "hits", generally consisting of a single color commonly referred to "windowpane";
• small square pieces of paper, generally with perforated edges indicating origination from a larger "sheet" of the same, commonly referred to as "blotter" acid.

This particular LSD dosage type is commonly carries some type of small printed design, such as Mickey Mouse or Bart Simpson. This makes this form of LSD particularly dangerous to small children who may recognize a particular design on a dosage of this type and ingest the same.