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Albert Hofmann

StoreTags: turn on, tune in, drop out

Author: Zanf on April 30 2008

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--> Albert Hofmann, the Swiss chemist who discovered the hallucinogenic drug LSD, has died of a heart attack at his home in Basel at the age of 102.

Mr Hofmann first produced LSD in 1938 while researching the medicinal uses of a crop fungus.

He accidentally ingested some of the drug and said later: "Everything I saw was distorted as in a warped mirror".

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So long and thanks for all the squiggles!

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Comments

04/30/08 + tmns

I read this earlier, sad news indeed

Still, 102! he had a long life.

04/30/08 + lematt

my heart is bleeding.

but he is still bicycling to the moon on some small and tiny cardboard places

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04/30/08 + bla

so long and thanks for all the evil green bat dragons!
no wait... that was mushrooms...

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04/30/08 + SenorFrio

RIP. What a great chemist.

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04/30/08 + packetst0rm

Ya I read this earlier as well, what a shame..maybe acid brings longer life? 102 that's some good innings!

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04/30/08 + flies

LSD: My problem child, by Albert Hoffman (full text)

Everything in my field of vision wavered and was distorted as if seen in a curved mirror. I also had the sensation of being unable to move from the spot. Nevertheless, my assistant later told me that we had traveled very rapidly.

acid.

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04/30/08 + ignatius

goodbye Mr. Hoffman. RIP.

link

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04/30/08 + implexgrace

sad day. albert was a true trail blazer.

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04/30/08 + adcBicycle

sad... very sad...

my good friend and his partner made this movie a few years ago: link

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04/30/08 + monty

102...wtf?

good age.

Dear Albert, thank you for messing with my brain.

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04/30/08 + subset

Yeah, 102 is a pretty good run if you ask me.
Most of the 'articles' I've seen about this so far have been very short and kind of glib. I think his contribution to world history is actually pretty important. Not to mention the fact that LSD and electronic music are not unknown to each other - I'm thinking Buchla-era, Pranksters etc. And no, I'm not a zany acidhead. Um, ..well at least not anymore.

here's one I thought was OK: link

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