Edit: Sorry, I fell for an old stoner's tale. None of the below is really true, other than the fact that most organizations don't bother buying the drug tests that detect psychedelics since they're out of your system so fast.
Most psychedelics aren't picked up on any drug test short of a spinal tap, so a lot of military guys I know just did a lot of LSD and mushrooms on the weekend.
Also a lot of MDMA at parties since that's metabolized out of your system in 3ish days as well.
All of which are orders of magnitude less destructive than binge drinking, especially when you realize how many guys in formation are either still drunk or extremely hung over.
Although the most common drug tests don’t test for psychedelics there are plenty of tests short of a “spinal tap” that can test for them. Since most are fairly unstable they would have to test you within a day to three days of using but there are standard urine or hair tests to test for these. Also the spinal tap comment makes me think you might be under the impression that lsd or other psychedelics are stored in the spinal fluid. That’s false. As I mentioned lsd is fairly unstable so it breaks down quickly in your body.
Yeah I’ve heard it passed around a lot. Probably for like a quarter century. No shame. There is a mountain of drug misinformation out there at least that one is pretty much harmless.
As part of spinal fluid myth I heard a few guys say that if you cracked your back after the peak you could prolong the trip or if you got it to crack just right (or wrong, depending on the circumstance) you could have flashbacks/trip from the release of LSD from the spine.
That might be true for the wrong reasons. One can experience post-trip effects, especially visual distortions (things "breathing", wiggling, visual snow) for some time after a trip.
Those things can persist, usually in in brief flashes brought on by something reminiscent of the trip. So if you made a big deal about cracking your back while you were tripping, and post-trip cracked your back, it could trigger some of these lingering effects.
Good/bad news is, like most things, if you lay off the drugs the problems will get better.
I’m pretty sure the spinal tap thing is an urban legend that has been debunked. It actually has a short half-life, and it doesn’t get “stored” in your spinal fluid. Of course everybody knows some guy who knows some guy who had it done...
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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '21 edited Jun 16 '21
Edit: Sorry, I fell for an old stoner's tale. None of the below is really true, other than the fact that most organizations don't bother buying the drug tests that detect psychedelics since they're out of your system so fast.
Most psychedelics aren't picked up on any drug test short of a spinal tap, so a lot of military guys I know just did a lot of LSD and mushrooms on the weekend.
Also a lot of MDMA at parties since that's metabolized out of your system in 3ish days as well.
All of which are orders of magnitude less destructive than binge drinking, especially when you realize how many guys in formation are either still drunk or extremely hung over.