Monday, April 16, 2007

The Invention of LSD

LSD was invented in 1943 by Swiss chemist Dr. Albert Hofmann - more or less by accident. You can read about it here:

http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2007/04/dayintech_0416


Interesting tidbits I gleaned from this, in case you are too lazy to go and read it for yourself:
  • The inventor of LSD turned 100 in 2006.
  • The first acid trip was taken (accidentally by it's inventor) 32 years to the day before my youngest brother Tyler was born. I'm assuming no OTHER relationships exist between Tyler and LSD, however.
  • The inventor believes LSD is a misunderstood but useful tool that gets a bad rap in general.
  • He is critical of the casual underground use that sprouted up in the 60's, however.
What would Timothy Leary or The Beatles have to say I wonder?

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