Albert Hofmann, discoverer of LSD and former head of the research department of Swiss chemical company Sandoz turns 100 years young tomorrow. Hofmann was the first person to test the drug when a tiny amount of the substance seeped onto his finger during a repeat of the laboratory experiment* in April 1943.
"Everything I saw was distorted as in a warped mirror," he subsequently wrote, noting his surprise that LSD was able to produce "such a far-reaching, powerful, inebriated condition without leaving a hangover. [Ultimately] I was filled with an overwhelming fear that I would go crazy. I was transported to a different world, a different time, a place I couldn't comprehend.
Hofmann went on to state that "who would have guessed that taking LSD when I was 37 would be a window to what life is actually like for me at age 100; I'm totally confused, completely out of place, in a world that makes no sense to me whatsoever." (AP Photo/Keystone/Walter Bieri)
*Editor's Note: I tried to use this same excuse when I wound up in the police station after an LSD experience I had in college.
Hofmann went on to state that "who would have guessed that taking LSD when I was 37 would be a window to what life is actually like for me at age 100; I'm totally confused, completely out of place, in a world that makes no sense to me whatsoever." (AP Photo/Keystone/Walter Bieri)
*Editor's Note: I tried to use this same excuse when I wound up in the police station after an LSD experience I had in college.
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Wait. YOU took LSD?
No way.
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