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The hallucinogenic psilocybin and psilocin found in mushrooms have low toxicity. Studies in mice showed that doses up to 200 mg of psilocybin/kg of body can injected without lethal effects. That implies that an average human with body weight of 65 kg can be injected 13 grams of the psychoactive mushroom ingredient without experiencing any lethal effects (WWW 1).

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Very frustrating. Maybe it's not worth it.

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phi1618 said:
http://sulcus.berkeley.edu/mcb/165_001/papers/manuscripts/_471.html

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Thanks for the link 

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No one has ever died from a direct toxic overdose of LSD.

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phi1618 said:
The only really unbelievable stuff has to do w/ MDMA, and that's because there is a NIDA-funded researcher (Ricaurte) who is so fool of shit it spills into peer-reviewed journals.

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LSD, for example, can dilate pupils; increase body temperature, heart rate, blood pressure, and sweating; and cause loss of appetite, sleeplessness, dry mouth, and tremors. Also, many LSD users experience flashbacks, spontaneous recurrences of certain aspects of the person's "trip" (without the user having taken the drug again). Long-term LSD users may develop psychoses, such as schizophrenia and severe depression.

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Some LSD users experience flashbacks, recurrence of certain aspects of a person's experience without the user having taken the drug again. A flashback occurs suddenly, often without warning, and may occur within a few days or more than a year after LSD use. Most users of LSD voluntarily decrease or stop its use over time. LSD is not considered to be an addicting drug because it does not produce compulsive drug-seeking behavior like cocaine, amphetamines, heroin, alcohol, or nicotine.

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LSD has been part of our culture for many decades, and there have been many myths circulating that are in fact false. First of all, LSD does not in any way form crystals that stay in the body to later be dislodged, causing flashbacks. LSD is a crystalline but dissolves very easily in water, so cannot for any solid deposits. In addition to this, LSD is almost entirely metabolized within an hour of ingestion. Only about 50f the original amount ingested remains, and this is excreted in the urine. All traces are undetectable after several days and are certainly gone entirely within a couple of weeks(WWW2). This debunks the myth that LSD stays in your body forever. The main thing that keeps these rumors circulating the is fact that some people (though very few) experience "flashbacks" (generally within a few months after a hallucinogenic experience). It is generally accepted, however, that these flashbacks are not the result of LSD remaining in the system.

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Don't tell anyone: I think this might be a college student's term paper.    In any case, it uses Erowid as a reference. However, to the sceptical, the berkeley domain might lend it some credibility.

The problem is that most sources don't even mention the common myths about LSD.

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"ehhh, alcohol's pretty safe. I'm sure it's a hell of a lot safer for your body then mushrooms".

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Unfortunately, this is a common misconception...

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Ekstaza said:
Get yourself a copy of "Psychedelics Encyclopedia" by Peter Stafford. Keep it on you when you will encounter those ignorant parrots. Don't back down from them. Let them know that they are exhibiting true stupidity. Ignorance is not knowing any better, stupidity is not wanting to know the truth.

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for you!