Daddy turns 100!

[jackshoegazer]

DR ALBERT HOFMANN: The Father of LSD

Albert Hofmann, who just turned 100, remembers very clearly the moment when, on a spring afternoon, riding his bicycle, the whole world - and his life - changed.

In 1938, Hofmann had synthesised the 25th chemical: lysergic acid diethylamide. It showed little effect in test animals, bar restlessness, and it was shelved.

Five years later, on a hunch - or a "peculiar presentiment", as Hofmann puts it - he brewed up a fresh batch. In the process, he was overcome by dizziness. Sent home, he "sank into a not unpleasant intoxicated-like condition, characterised by an extremely stimulated imagination".

Sandoz was keen to find a use for this new compound, and Hofmann thought it could have an important role to play in psychiatry. After animal tests showed it to be virtually non-toxic, it was made freely available to qualified clinical investigators. "Properties: causes hallucinations, depersonalisation, reliving of repressed memories and mild neurovegetative symptoms," read the label on the bottle.

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[anubis75.livejournal.com]

Gods bless him!

[jackshoegazer.livejournal.com]

I think God's already done that :)