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How LSD Works

Stuff You Should Know

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The Myth of LSD

The authorities are the ones who either made up these myths or latched onto them and basically amplified them through the these kind of public service announcements and through the media. No LSD doesn't affect your chromosomes it actually is metabolized and out of your system faster than just about any other drug on the planetYeah you pee it out very quickly yeah uh your liver starts breaking it down immediately um so it certainly doesn’t affect your chromosomes and it it doesn't put holes in your brain but the reason why these myths are around and the reason why people believe them is because the authorities were responsible for creating them, he says.

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