LSD-25

English

Noun

LSD-25 (uncountable)

1. LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide).
   • 1956, M. W. Hirsch, M. E. Jarvik, and H. A. Abramson, "Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD-25): Effects of LSD-25 and six related drugs upon handwriting", in Journal of Psychology, volume 41, pages 11–22.
   • 1966, Thomas Pynchon, chapter 1, in The Crying of Lot 49, New York: Bantam Books, published 1976, →ISBN, page 7:

     The bridge, die Brücke, being his pet name for the experiment he was helping the community hospital run on effects of LSD-25, mescaline, psilocybin, and related drugs on a large sample of suburban housewives.

   • 1983, Stephan Hurwitz and Karl O. Christiansen, Criminology, Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, →ISBN, page 90,

     The situation is considerably different for the new and dangerous drug LSD-25, which can induce fantastic pseudo-hallucinations and states resembling delirium.

   • 2006, David Friedman, Surface Transportation Security, Volume 10: A Guide to Transportation’s Role in Public Health Disasters, Transportation Research Board of the National Academies, →ISBN, pages A-2–A-3,

     A single dose of 0.1 to 0.2 milligrams of LSD-25 will produce profound mental disturbance within a half hour that lasts 10 hours.