I learned to spell Lysergic Acid Diethylamide a long time ago

where did all the acid go like five years ago? what the hell happened?
ah, maybe this is what:

Illicit Distribution:
In 1999, 2000, and 2001, there were 1,641, 1,435, and 1,325 exhibits reported to the National Forensic Laboratory Information System (NFLIS), respectively. In 2002 the number of exhibits dropped dramatically to 249 exhibits. This sharp decline resulted from the seizure of a large LSD lab in Kansas City. With the arrest of clandestine chemists and with the dismantling of their laboratory, within 2 years, the availability of LSD in the United States was reduced by 95%. The number of seized LSD samples, analyzed in forensic laboratories, remained low for 2003, 2004, and 2005, there were 310, 312, and 502 exhibits.
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Chemistry and Pharmacology:
High doses of LSD can induce a "bad trip" characterized by intense anxiety or panic, confusion, and combative behaviors. After a LSD trip, a user may also experience fatigue, acute anxiety or depression for 12 to 24 hours (i never got that from LSD like i get it from being around my dad).

LSD induces a heighten awareness of sensory input , that is accompanied by an enhanced sense of clarity (gift), but reduced ability to control what is experienced. The LSD trip is made up of perceptual and psychic effects (gift). A user may experience the following perceptual effects: visual distortion in the size and shape of objects, movements, color, sound, touch, and the user's own body image. The user may report "hearing colors" or "seeing sounds." (this is called synesthesia, the DEA doesn't apparently know that). The psychic effects experienced by the user may include a feelings of obtaining true insight (gift), intensified emotions, sudden and dramatic mood swings, impairment of attention, concentration and motivation (impairment of motivation? uh, i think that's ok, because, like, i'm seeing inside your head), distortion of time and depersonalization.

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ps. this DEA document is so laden with editorial and grammatical errors, i will not try to fix them all.