AL-LAD

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AL-LAD
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Legal status
Legal status
  • AU:Unscheduled
  • CA:Unscheduled.
  • DE: NpSG (Industrial and scientific use only)
  • UK: Class A
  • US:Unscheduled, could be illegal if is sold for human consumption under the federal analogue act.
  • Illegal in Denmark and France, could be illegal in many countries if is sold for human consumption or under the several analogue acts [1] Sweden and Switzerland
Identifiers
  • (6aR,9R)-N,N-diethyl-7-prop-2-enyl-6,6a,8,9-tetrahydro-4H-indolo[4,3-fg]quinoline-9-carboxamide
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Chemical and physical data
Formula C22H27N3O
Molar mass 349.478 g·mol−1
3D model (JSmol)
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AL-LAD, also known as 6-allyl-6-nor-LSD, is a psychedelic drug and an analog of lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD). [2] It is described by Alexander Shulgin in the book TiHKAL (Tryptamines i Have Known And Loved). It is synthesized starting from nor-LSD as a precursor, using allyl bromide as a reactant.

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Effects in humans

AL-LAD on blotter paper AL-LAD blotter.jpg
AL-LAD on blotter paper

While AL-LAD has subtly different effects than LSD, and appears to be slightly shorter lasting, their potencies are similar; [3] [4] an active dose of AL-LAD is reported to be between 50 and 150 micrograms. [5] AL-LAD has a known but short and highly uncommon history of recreational human use, which originated in Ireland and the UK, but spread internationally.[ citation needed ]

Chemistry

AL-LAD does not cause a color change with the Marquis, Mecke or Mandelin reagents, [6] but does cause the Ehrlich's reagent to turn purple because of the presence of the indole moiety in its structure.

AL-LAD is not scheduled by the United Nations' Convention on Psychotropic Substances.

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Denmark

AL-LAD is illegal in Denmark. [8]

Latvia

AL-LAD is possibly illegal in Latvia. Although it isn't specifically scheduled, it may be controlled as an LSD structural analog due to an amendment made on June 1, 2015. [9]

Romania

AL-LAD is illegal in Romania. It is not included directly in the list of controlled substances, but it is included in an analogue act

Sweden

The Riksdag added AL-LAD to Narcotic Drugs Punishments Act under Swedish schedule I ("substances, plant materials and fungi which normally do not have medical use" ) as of January 26, 2016, published by Medical Products Agency (MPA) in regulation HSLF-FS 2015:35 listed as 6-allyl-6-nor-LSD, AL-LAD, and 6-allyl-N,N-dietyl-9,10-didehydroergolin-8-karboxamid. [10]

Switzerland

AL-LAD is illegal in Switzerland. [11]

United Kingdom

AL-LAD is illegal in the UK. On June 10, 2014 the UK Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) recommended that AL-LAD be specifically named in the UK Misuse of Drugs Act as a class A drug despite not identifying any harm associated with its use. [12] The UK Home office accepted this advice and announced a ban of the substance to be enacted on 6 January 2015 as part of The Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2014.

United States

AL-LAD is a Controlled Substance at the federal level in the United States, [13] AL-LAD is legally considered an analog of LSD, therefore, sales or possession with intent for human consumption could be prosecuted under the Federal Analogue Act. [14]

See also

Related Research Articles

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">1P-ETH-LAD</span> Chemical compound

1P-ETH-LAD is an analog of LSD. 1P-ETH-LAD is a psychedelic drug similar to LSD. Research has shown formation of ETH-LAD from 1P-ETH-LAD incubated in human serum, suggesting that it functions as a prodrug. It is part of the lysergamide chemical class. Like ETH-LAD, this drug has been reported to be significantly more potent than LSD itself, and is reported to largely mimic ETH-LAD's psychedelic effects.

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