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by voytec 380 days ago
> The lack of cartels are perhaps a reflection of the lack of the international supply chains etc.

No. Most of Europe (apart from Scandinavian states, Belarus and Russian Federation, I believe) has access to legal LSD prodrugs. Not analogs but a LSD-25 molecule with attached [it changes] something group which is detached after ingestion, making the ingested substance "the real thing". These do not pass the LSD/DMT Ehrlich test[0]. AFAIK citizens of at least a few US states can as well fully legally obtain such compounds from up north.

So no - lack of LSD cartels is not a result of the lack of international supply chains. As GP stated - it's because these substances have a very low addiction potential.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ehrlich%27s_reagent

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Tangential, but some people have indeed reported batches of 1P-LSD passing that test.