Does LSD Kill?
Dr. Nachman Brautbar, a clinical professor of medicine at the University of Southern California School of Medicine specializing in forensic toxicology, was also surprised when told about an LSD overdose. “It is very unusual for me to hear of LSD as the sole cause of death,” he said during a phone interview on Monday.
What can happen, he explained, is that ingesting a large dose of LSD can cause someone to develop seizures. In turn, they may bang their head against something, but that means the cause of death would not be LSD alone, rather the trauma caused by the effects of LSD.
Last Friday Eureka Police Chief Garr Nielsen made a revision to the department’s use-of-force policy so that in the future, people like Martin Cotton, who had a “protracted physical encounter with multiple officers,” will receive medical care. Still, Nielsen said, “Given the level of drugs in his [Cotton’s] system, it might not have saved his life.” Science seems to indicate otherwise.
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Comment / By tom / Jan. 16, 2009, 8:03 p.m.
you cannot overdose on lsd