The History Of LSD

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Narration Demo - LSD - 04/13/2017

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In 1938, a Swiss chemist named Albert Hofmann synthesized LSD for the first time while studying ergots, a type of fungus. Though the pharmaceutical company that he worked for, Sandoz, didn't have any interest in the compound, Hofmann found himself inexplicably drawn to it. Five years later, in the spring of 1943, he synthesized it again, noticing that it seemed to have unusual properties: After accidentally absorbing small amounts through his fingertips one day in the lab, Hofmann had to leave work early, under the effects of what he called \"a not unpleasant intoxicated-like condition.\" A few days later, he experimented with taking what he thought was a small dose of LSD, about 250 micro-grams (a common dose now is more on the order of 100 micro-grams), and proceeded to trip out of his mind, an experience he describes in his book LSD: My Problem Child.

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