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Comparing a bad psychedelic trip to a bad experience with cannabis or alcohol is kind of trivializing it. A moderate LSD dose can last 8-12 hours and at its peak is much, much more intense. Unless you have some valium on hand, if things go south there is no escaping it. You can't just go to sleep like you could with alcohol or cannabis.

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Edibles can kick your arse in a major way and go on for hours. I've had a few experiences that surpasses most of my trips on LSD. But I agree that a moderate-high dose of LSD that goes south is much harder to control. Sometimes it's just like a bomb detonates in the center of your mind, and you're using the next days (weeks, months or years) collecting the debris and trying to piece them together.

"Take it easy duuude, but take it!" - Terence McKenna

What is moderate-high in your book?

I would say 150mcg is a moderate dose, maybe pushing into the high dose territory. Anything beyond is high dose. And kamikaze at 500mcg? Beyond that you have thumbprints.

All subjective, and the lines become fuzzy.

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