microdose
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editmicrodose (plural microdoses)
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editmicrodose (third-person singular simple present microdoses, present participle microdosing, simple past and past participle microdosed)
- (transitive) To administer a very low dose to.
- (transitive) To prepare (medicines, etc.) at very low dosages.
- To recreationally take small amounts of psychedelic drugs in the belief that it will aid productivity.
- microdose on LSD
- 2011, James Fadiman, The Psychedelic Explorer's Guide[1]:
- What I feel that micro-dosing does is to slightly rearrange my neural furniture so that glimmers of full-on psychedelic states are constantly pouring into my awareness.
- 2017, Ayelet Waldman, A Really Good Day[2], book subtitle:
- How Microdosing Made a Mega Difference in My Mood, My Marriage, and My Life
- 2022 February 28, Dana G. Smith, “More People Are Microdosing for Mental Health. But Does It Work?”, in The New York Times[3], →ISSN:
- Microdosing is typically defined by experts as taking 5 percent to 10 percent of a full dose of a psychedelic, usually LSD or psilocybin, as a way to get the supposed mental health benefits of the drug without the hallucinogenic high.
- 2022, “Estaciones”, performed by Action Bronson ft. Hologram:
- You microdose while you wifing hoes / I macrodose while I'm mackin' hoes