Pharmacology of LSD

         LSD is illegal and completely unregulated since it is produced and distributed illegally the purity, dose, and substance is unknown when dealing with LSD. When people say LSD they mean the chemical Lysergic acid diethylamide. There are many analogues of LSD that are known and being researched. A drug analogue is a chemical that looks and behaves very similarly to another chemical while having very slight differences. For example, Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) has a very similar chemical called 1p-LSD. The 1p-lsd molecule looks nearly identical to someone without a background in chemistry but there is a slight difference between LSD and 1p-LSD. Both chemicals are psychoactive and cause psychedelic effects but LSD is schedule 1 illegal and 1p-LSD is considered a research chemical and not directly illegal. The Federal analogue act of 1986 in the United States stated that a chemical that is substantially similar to an illegal drug should be considered illegal as well but only if the chemical is intended for human consumption. Some research companies in Canada legally distribute analogues of LSD such as 1p-LSD, 1b-LSD, 1v-LSD. All these chemicals are very similar to LSD but not exactly the same. There are definitely differences between them but they are all psychedelic and are measured in microgram doses similar to Lysergic Acid diethylamide (regular LSD).