# Questions about LSD in modern times

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-lsd-in-modern-times/286243>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 23, 2005, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-lsd-in-modern-times/286243 "2005-01-23T13:29:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![II\_Gyan\_II](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/bbe5ce/32.png) [@II\_Gyan\_II](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/II_Gyan_II)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2005, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-lsd-in-modern-times/286243/21 "2005-01-23T22:52:12Z")

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> [@Shagnasty](#):
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> I am talking about the average THC level of majijuana on then street then versus today.

[Marijuana Potency](http://www.drugwardistortions.org/distortion11.htm).

The 20-30 fold difference comes from comparing the weakest buds earlier to the strongest buds now. With proper weighting, potency has, at most, doubled.

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**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2005, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-lsd-in-modern-times/286243/22 "2005-01-24T00:53:28Z")

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> [@II Gyan II](#):
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> [Marijuana Potency](http://www.drugwardistortions.org/distortion11.htm).
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> The 20-30 fold difference comes from comparing the weakest buds earlier to the strongest buds now. With proper weighting, potency has, at most, doubled.

That is all I am talking about. It has increased since the 60’s.

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**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2005, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-lsd-in-modern-times/286243/23 "2005-01-24T01:06:15Z")

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Anecdotal but there’s plenty of LSD available to those involved in the rave and club scene.

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**Author:** ![II\_Gyan\_II](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/bbe5ce/32.png) [@II\_Gyan\_II](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/II_Gyan_II)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2005, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-lsd-in-modern-times/286243/24 "2005-01-24T01:12:02Z")

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> [@Shagnasty](#):
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> That is all I am talking about. It has increased since the 60’s.

Not really intending to pick on you, but you said about “being many times stronger”. As the link show, at most, the average potency can be extrapolated to double. Hardly qualifies as ‘many times’.

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**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2005, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-lsd-in-modern-times/286243/25 "2005-01-24T01:13:46Z")

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Back in my day (25+ years ago) the blotters we got were usually 1/2" square. Then a few years later I saw some and they were 1/4" square, or 4 hits equal one of the old. If there was an equal amount on each sheet, then the dosage per hit would have been 1/4.

This is just my personal recollection, Your Hit of Blotter May Vary.

And there is no way this stuff could have been mistaken for meth.

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