Word: dextro
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Though its name comes from asparagus, it is found in many plants and animals. Both asparagine and asparaginase come in two forms, which are distinguished by whether their crystals make a beam of light rotate to the right (dextro, abbreviated to the letter D) or the left (levo, or L). The levo forms are by far the more abundant...
...than they have been with narcotics because bootleg LSD is relatively easy to manufacture. The stuff is made from lysergic acid, which is extracted from a fungus that grows on rye. By itself, it is neither dangerous nor expensive. It is usually imported from Europe. Processing it to LSD (dextro-lysergic acid diethylamide) is delicate and complex, and requires technical laboratory equipment, but demands no greater skills than those of a college chemistry major...
...From LSD's chemical name, dextro-lysergic acid diethylamide...
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