I've read books where people 'drop' acid. What does that actually mean?

Question

I know that acid is a tablet but how exactly is it used?

Answer 1

What is LSD? LSD, commonly called “acid”, is the best known of the hallucinogens. Discovered in 1938, LSD was popular in the late 40’s through the 60’s. During these years many young people took “acid trips.” Advocates thought LSD was a mind-expanding aid that helped users achieve mystical states of perception.

How is LSD Taken? LSD is generally taken orally and in very small doses. Most often, LSD is found in small squares of impregnated paper, called "blotter acid." The squares may come in perforatedsheets, like postage stamps, sometimes with an eye-catching image on each square. The drug may also come in tiny tablets, called "microdots," or in small, thin, gelatin squares, known as "windowpane." LSD is sometimes available in a clear liquid solution. This is dispensed with aneyedropper, onto sugar cubes or directly onto the tongue. Another variety, "blue dot acid," consists of paper slips smeared with a blue-colored solution of the drug.

How does LSD Affect You? Physical effects of LSD may include: dialated pupils, high temperature, rapid heartbeat, increased blood pressure, sleeplessness, appetite loss, and tremors. Psychological effects can last for 12 hours. During the first 30 to 90 minutes, changes in visual perception and mood are likely. As the drug achieves its one-to two-hour “peak,” the user may experience distorted impressions of time, space, and distance. “Tracking” may occur-the observation of streams of colored light following the path of a moving object and “psychedelic” patterns may appear. Judgment and the ability to recognize immediate danger can be impaired increasing the risk of injury. Acute anxiety, depression, panic, paranoia, or psychotic behavior may accompany a bad trip ormay occur after most other effects of the drug have worn off. An overdose can result in a longer, more intense and more frightening trip, and the spontaneous, recurring hallucinationsknown as flashbacks can occur days, weeks, or more than a year after LSD use.

Answer 2

LSD is taken in one of several forms: as a liquid, as 'blotter' and as 'windowpane'. Liquid acid is just that: lysergic acid diethylamide in diluted liquid form. Blotter is paper that has been saturated with an LSD solution and dried out. Windowpane is a thin layer of gelatin.

In all cases, the acid is placed in the mouth and dissolves. Then, about half an hour later, the fun starts.

Answer 3

Haha, interesting. Usually when people say that they are "dropping acid", it is the selling of acid (which is an illegal drug). It is swallowed and causes the person who takes it to go on an "acid trip" where they imagine things and are delirious etc.

Answer 4

Dropping acid is a term used to describe the usage of LSD, not the sale.

Answer 5

Simply put, "dropping" acid means to ingest it.

Answer 6

I don't remember.
Then again, I don't remember 1967 to 1974.