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Albert Hofmann, Swiss chemist and academic, discoverer of LSD (died 2008)
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Albert Hofmann
Swiss chemist (1906–2008)
Albert Hofmann was a Swiss chemist known for being the first to synthesize, ingest, and learn of the psychedelic effects of lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD). Hofmann's team also isolated, named and synthesized the principal psychedelic mushroom compounds psilocybin and psilocin.…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
LSD
Hallucinogenic drug
Lysergic acid diethylamide, commonly known as LSD and by the slang names acid and lucy, is a semisynthetic, hallucinogenic drug derived from ergot, known for its powerful psychological effects and serotonergic activity. It was historically significant in psychiatry and 1960s…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)