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Albert Hofmann, who died on Tuesday aged 102, synthesised lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) in 1938 and became the first person in the world to experience a full-blown acid trip.

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aceofspades1
April 29, 2008, 11:01 p.m.
Albert Hofmann died? Man what a trip!
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ramsay
April 30, 2008, 12:30 a.m.
The first hippie he says it will help counteract loss of the undersanding of nature and unexciting professinal life
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bill-smith
April 30, 2008, 12:33 a.m.
Sweet dreams, Albert.
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gamahuche
April 30, 2008, 2:39 a.m.
Thanks for posting neo!
He comes across as a bit dry in this article though.
I saw him interviewed on the occasion of his 100th birthday and he had a wicked sense of humour and a bold lust for life and described his first "trip" with tremendous relish.
Its also significant that much of his later work consisted of following up on this "accidental" discovery.
He definitely continued to have contact with many of the researchers and others who were advocates for LSD.
For those who choose to focus only on the regrettable deaths associated with LSD ingestion may I suggest that they at least consider the scale of deaths from firearms as a comparison - even just the "accidental" deaths obviously dwarf all the deaths which can be attributed to LSD.
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Mutainia
April 30, 2008, 3:53 a.m.
Woe. He finally dropped out of life.
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Grrr
April 30, 2008, 4:16 a.m.
Dang (sniff).
As Tim Leary said on his deathbed: "Why not? Yeah."
You know, I had forgotten, just noticed Hofmann's first intentional dose was taken April 19, 1943, at 4:20pm. I think THAT's where it came from (4:20).
gamahuche:
To the best of my knowledge, there are nil deaths attributed to LSD aside from accident or suicide occurring while under the influence. Okay, found two deaths in medical journals attributed to extremely high intravenous doses--measured in mg's to g's, industrial quantities compared to the usual 300-1000 microgram doses most people are familiar with.
The only deaths I had previously ever heard of actually attributed to the drug and not the mindset of the user were animal experiments, also with extrememly high doses...the elephant having a heart attack comes to mind...
Not to dismiss the suicides and accidents, but the drug itself is non-toxic and non-addictive.
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NoWayMan
April 30, 2008, 4:43 a.m.
102 years old?
dam.
so 4/19 is bicycle day.
and then there's the day after bicycle day.
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tanglang
April 30, 2008, 6:09 a.m.
"He was killed by a pack of wild dogs...He thought he saw!"
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Will1313
April 30, 2008, 10:44 a.m.
spam reported.. go overdose.. jackass
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Will1313
April 30, 2008, 10:43 a.m.
I once caught a 9ft shark while tripping.. I know I did because I still have his jaws hanging in my family room and pictures..
It was certainly quite an event for me..
those were the days...
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MarsDlugosz
April 30, 2008, 12:08 p.m.
It is sad to lose such a pioneer. It is also regretable that the US is so tied up with fear and hatred. The next frontier, and possibly the salvation of mankind is free exlporation of what T. McKenna refers to as "hyper-space", It requires bravery beyond what is associated with being a solidier. Real courage to see what never been seen. To explore what's never been explored, that is, knowing the full potential of mind. Support MAPS.
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uvray13
April 30, 2008, 12:59 p.m.
Happy trails, Dr. Hoffman, & thank you for the body of your work & the quality of your life. For those who don't know, no words can explain. For those who do, no words are necesary.
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Mutainia
April 30, 2008, 1:40 p.m.
It seems that some people can take LSD and have no problem with it. Others take it, and they end up thinking the CIA is up in the cramped attic spying on them. Those who are advocates of LSD will say, "It wasn't the LSD that made Sid Barret sit in his room watching tv all the rest of his life, it's just a coincidence that he'd become mentally ill after taking it." Others say you'll only go nuts from LSD IF you have a certain brain TO go nuts from it. Whatever the case, I've met enough "burned out hippies" who took it, and, even if it WASN'T the LSD that would get one shouting at a telephone pole on Berkeley's Dwight Ave, railing against "brain scanners", it was enough to keep ME from not going NEAR the stuff. IF I had terminal cancer, maybe I'd think differently. I mean, if your terminal, and, it makes you nuts, you wouldn't be a burden on your family for long, AND, they may not miss you as much when the cancer finally got you.
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walden3
April 30, 2008, 1:59 p.m.
People have been seeking altered states of consciousness since before we walked upright. All cultures all over the world. It's one of the common threads in the fabric we call humanity.
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chuck-the-canuck
April 30, 2008, 8:13 p.m.
Acid was legal in Canada until 1967.
It was a relatively safe drug as long as you weren't carrying around too much mental baggage.
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