Just what is microdosing?

According to the Journal of Psychopharmacology: a microdose is ‘1 per cent of the pharmacologically active dose [of any drug], up to a maximum of 100 µg [micrograms]’.

In psychedelic microdosing communities, it is 5-10 % of a standard or ‘trippy’ dose of a psychedelic.

Dosing amounts for a proper psychedelic trip:  

• 2-5 grams of magic mushrooms (psilocybin)
• or 100-200 micrograms of lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD)

In Microdosing: 

• 0.2-0.5 grams of magic mushrooms and 
• 5-20 micrograms of LSD.

(Note that most controlled research studies use psilocybin, the psychoactive molecule in magic mushrooms).