eth-lad eth-lad eth-lad, 6-ethyl-6-nor-lysergic acid diethylamide is an analogue of lsd. its human psychopharmacology was first described by alexander shulgin in the book tihkal. eth-lad is a psychedelic drug similar to lsd, and is slightly more potent than lsd itself, with an active dose reported at between 20 and 150 micrograms. eth-lad has subtly different effects to lsd, described as less demanding. eth-ladclinical dataother nameseth-lad, 6-ethyl-6-nor-lysergic acid diethylamideroutes ofadministrationorallegal statuslegal status de: npsg (industrial and scientific use only) uk: class a illegal in france pharmacokinetic datametabolismhepaticexcretionrenalidentifiers iupac name (6ar,9r)-n,n-diethyl-7-ethyl-4,6,6a,7,8,9-hexahydroindolo-quinoline-9-carboxamide cas number65527-62-0 ypubchem cid44457783chemspider21106300 yunii21z2736x9qchemblchembl22694 ycomptox dashboard (epa)dtxsid90215823 chemical and physical dataformulac21h27n3omolar mass337.467 g·mol−13d model (jsmol)interactive image smiles ccn(c(1c=c2c3=cc=cc4=c3c(c2n(cc)c1)=cn4)=o)cc inchi inchi=1s/c21h27n3o/c1-4-23(5-2)21(25)15-10-17-16-8-7-9-18-20(16)14(12-22-18)11-19(17)24(6-3)13-15/h7-10,12,15,19,22h,4-6,11,13h2,1-3h3/t15-,19-/m1/s1 ykey:mynouxjlohvsmq-dnvcbolysa-n y ny (what is this?) (verify) legality on june 10, 2014 the uk advisory council on the misuse of drugs (acmd) recommended that eth-lad be specifically named in the uk misuse of drugs act as a class a drug despite not identifying it as ever having been sold or any harm associated with its use. the uk home office accepted this advice and announced a ban of the substance to be enacted on 6 january 2015. eth-lad is illegal in switzerland as of december 2015.