'Father of LSD' Albert Hofmann dies - E-vizio.com

Vanjezi · #1 (**permalink**) 1st-May-2008, 12:46

Albert Hofmann, the father of the mind-altering drug LSD whose medical discovery grew into a notorious "problem child", has died at 102.

Hofmann died on Tuesday of a heart attack at his home in Basel, Switzerland, said Rick Doblin, president of the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies, in a statement posted on the association's website.

Hofmann's hallucinogen inspired - and arguably corrupted - millions in the 1960s hippy generation. For decades after LSD was banned in the late 1960s, Hofmann defended his invention.

"I produced the substance as a medicine ... It's not my fault if people abused it," he once said.

The Swiss chemist discovered lysergic acid diethylamide-25 in 1938 while studying the medicinal uses of a fungus found on wheat and other grains at the Sandoz pharmaceuticals firm in Basel.

He became the first human guinea pig of the drug when a tiny amount of the substance seeped on to his finger during a repeat of the laboratory experiment on April 16 1943.

"I had to leave work for home because I was suddenly hit by a sudden feeling of unease and mild dizziness," he subsequently wrote in a memo to company bosses.

"Everything I saw was distorted as in a warped mirror," he said, describing his bicycle ride home. "I had the impression I was rooted to the spot. But my assistant told me we were actually going very fast."

Three days later, Hofmann experimented with a larger dose. The result was a horror trip.

"The substance which I wanted to experiment with took over me. I was filled with an overwhelming fear that I would go crazy. I was transported to a different world, a different time," Hofmann wrote.

nikki · #2 (**permalink**) 1st-May-2008, 13:08

he was 102 - and they say drug kills

Vanjezi · #3 (**permalink**) 1st-May-2008, 19:39

Thats the "first hand" supply

balance · #4 (**permalink**) 2nd-May-2008, 02:20

ahahah yeaa...

How do they call the LSD in Europe... here we have name.. one is call Hoffman... other Bike... Tazmania... it depends on the picture..

??

Vanjezi · #5 (**permalink**) 2nd-May-2008, 14:35

Same here

jean-mi · #6 (**permalink**) 2nd-May-2008, 16:21

r.i.p.

balance · #7 (**permalink**) 2nd-May-2008, 16:40

Thanks... and other drug question... you can ask for porcent of drugs in a pill.. i mean 50 MDMA and 50 Anfetamines.. and mixing with other stuff?..

The drugs here are a fucking shit.. half of the pills and drugs are mixed with nothing i mean non drugs quimic to reduce the cost.... and thats whats kill you mostly...

zemljak · #8 (**permalink**) 8th-May-2008, 15:57

anyone has info where can i find stuff to become a cook?

Markar · #9 (**permalink**) 9th-May-2008, 02:28

having done acid a few times in my raving days, i have to say that its something that everyone should try atleast once in their life...