> Albert Hofmann, Inventor of LSD, Embarks on Final Trip > He was the first person to experience an acid trip--for both good and bad > By David Biello
> Swiss chemist Albert Hofmann, inventor of LSD, died yesterday at the age of 102, > just 10 days after the 55th anniversary of his notorious bicycle trip while > tripping on "acid". Hofmann, who suffered a heart attack at home in Basel, > Switzerland, was the first person to synthesize lysergic acid diethylamide, > better known as LSD, and the first human known to experience its mind-bending > effects.
> The drug was the 25th he created from the basic chemical ingredients of ergot, a > fungus that forms on rye, in his search for treatments for circulation and > respiratory problems. He reports in his 1979 autobiography LSD, My Problem > Child, that he became restless and dizzy when he accidentally ingested the > compound while making it—and "perceived an uninterrupted stream of fantastic > pictures, extraordinary shapes with intense, kaleidoscopic play of colors" for > about two hours.
> The very next day (April 19, 1943), he swallowed 0.25 milligram of the acid to > confirm that it had caused his odd symptoms. Overcome by dizziness and anxiety, > he asked an assistant to bicycle him home; once there, he writes that he was > overcome by feelings that he might die (prompting a later call to his > physician), along with delusions that included perceiving a kindly neighbor > transformed into a malevolent witch.
> Sandoz Pharmaceuticals, his employer at the time, tried to promote LSD as a drug > to treat psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia under the trade name > Delysid by sending samples to psychiatrists—and the compound was briefly used as > the treatment du jour in conjunction with psychoanalysis.
> But acid swiftly found its way into wider use among artists, writers (such as > Brave New World's Aldous Huxley), actors (including established movie stars like > Cary Grant), and rebellious teens in the 1950s and 1960s. In fact, it became so > popular as a way to "tune in, turn on and drop out" that in 1966 New York State > and California made it a crime to possess it; the U.S. government followed suit > in 1970.
> Hofmann also manufactured a wide range of medical drugs from ergot, including > methergine (which is still used to halt bleeding after birth) and hydergine > (which improves circulation). In the psychedelic realm, he was also the first to > synthesize psilocybin, the active ingredient in so-called magic mushrooms > (Psilocybe mexicana).
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Here's another druggie you can read about "_ Prof. Jonez _" <thep...@jonez.net>
Maybe you and Malcom should heed the warnings of following your old drug of choice Idol's .
Maybe all the LSD following has gone so far along you don't realize just what it is your doing these day's.
Could be the reason for all the senseless postings and trollings. Eh?
Here's the fate of another drug follower like yourself.
See these links if your still able.... It's so sad to see your friends going down the drain...
It's sad that in a post that should be about remembering the life of a brilliant scientist you people are arguing and bickering like children. It's really sad.
LSD is what he is most famous for in the global community but Hoffman made many more contributions to medicine that are still used today.
I'm not going to feed the trolls with anything in this thread as much as I'd like to prove them wrong.
Killa...@gmail.com wrote: >It's sad that in a post that should be about remembering the life of a >brilliant scientist you people are arguing and bickering like >children. It's really sad.
>LSD is what he is most famous for in the global community but Hoffman >made many more contributions to medicine that are still used today.
I haven't dissed Hofmann. Whether the thread should be about him or not, that's one thing you can't accuse me of. He was obviously brilliant.
On Fri, 2 May 2008 11:31:28 -0700 (PDT), Killa...@gmail.com wrote: >It's sad that in a post that should be about remembering the life of a >brilliant scientist you people are arguing and bickering like >children. It's really sad.
>LSD is what he is most famous for in the global community but Hoffman >made many more contributions to medicine that are still used today.
>I'm not going to feed the trolls with anything in this thread as much >as I'd like to prove them wrong.
Trolls have contempt for decency and social norms. They hope their postings will convince others to join them at the bottom. They assume we will overlook errors in facts, logic, erudition, grammar and spelling to see ART and TRUTH in the words of losers. They want us to see their writing as folk art without manual dexterity.
Yeah, like that's gonna happen. The truth of their mobile home and $8/hr job is staring them in the face.
Robert <n...@e.mail> wrote: >Trolls have contempt for decency and social norms. They hope their postings will convince >others to join them at the bottom. They assume we will overlook errors in facts, logic, >erudition, grammar and spelling to see ART and TRUTH in the words of losers. They want us >to see their writing as folk art without manual dexterity.
>Yeah, like that's gonna happen. The truth of their mobile home and $8/hr job is staring >them in the face.
Robert wrote: > On Fri, 2 May 2008 11:31:28 -0700 (PDT), Killa...@gmail.com wrote:
>> It's sad that in a post that should be about remembering the life of >> a brilliant scientist you people are arguing and bickering like >> children. It's really sad.
>> LSD is what he is most famous for in the global community but Hoffman >> made many more contributions to medicine that are still used today.
>> I'm not going to feed the trolls with anything in this thread as much >> as I'd like to prove them wrong.
> Trolls have contempt for decency and social norms. They hope their > postings will convince others to join them at the bottom. They assume > we will overlook errors in facts, logic, erudition, grammar and > spelling to see ART and TRUTH in the words of losers. They want us to > see their writing as folk art without manual dexterity.
Robert wrote: > On Fri, 2 May 2008 19:47:15 -0600, "_ Prof. Jonez _" > <thep...@jonez.net> wrote:
>> Robert wrote: >>> On Fri, 2 May 2008 11:31:28 -0700 (PDT), Killa...@gmail.com wrote:
>>>> It's sad that in a post that should be about remembering the life >>>> of a brilliant scientist you people are arguing and bickering like >>>> children. It's really sad.
>>>> LSD is what he is most famous for in the global community but >>>> Hoffman made many more contributions to medicine that are still >>>> used today.
>>>> I'm not going to feed the trolls with anything in this thread as >>>> much as I'd like to prove them wrong.
>>> Trolls have contempt for decency and social norms. They hope their >>> postings will convince others to join them at the bottom. They >>> assume we will overlook errors in facts, logic, erudition, grammar >>> and spelling to see ART and TRUTH in the words of losers. They want >>> us to see their writing as folk art without manual dexterity.
>> Junkie talk.
> I expected more than two words, since the shoe fits so well. The > Brotherhood of Stupid People usually has the highest ratio of words > to personal income, called the Garruilty Index. Have they changed > their motto from Talk Is Cheap?
> The strongest arguments against dumbasses are their own words, or > lack thereof.
> On May 1, 2:50 pm, "_ Prof. Jonez _" <thep...@jonez.net> wrote: > his heartfelt grief, for the loss of his idol and net monkey trainer
> > Albert Hofmann, Inventor of LSD, Embarks on Final Trip > > He was the first person to experience an acid trip--for both good and bad > > By David Biello
> > Swiss chemist Albert Hofmann, inventor of LSD, died yesterday at the age of 102, > > just 10 days after the 55th anniversary of his notorious bicycle trip while > > tripping on "acid". Hofmann, who suffered a heart attack at home in Basel, > > Switzerland, was the first person to synthesize lysergic acid diethylamide, > > better known as LSD, and the first human known to experience its mind-bending > > effects.
> > The drug was the 25th he created from the basic chemical ingredients of ergot, a > > fungus that forms on rye, in his search for treatments for circulation and > > respiratory problems. He reports in his 1979 autobiography LSD, My Problem > > Child, that he became restless and dizzy when he accidentally ingested the > > compound while making it—and "perceived an uninterrupted stream of fantastic > > pictures, extraordinary shapes with intense, kaleidoscopic play of colors" for > > about two hours.
> > The very next day (April 19, 1943), he swallowed 0.25 milligram of the acid to > > confirm that it had caused his odd symptoms. Overcome by dizziness and anxiety, > > he asked an assistant to bicycle him home; once there, he writes that he was > > overcome by feelings that he might die (prompting a later call to his > > physician), along with delusions that included perceiving a kindly neighbor > > transformed into a malevolent witch.
> > Sandoz Pharmaceuticals, his employer at the time, tried to promote LSD as a drug > > to treat psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia under the trade name > > Delysid by sending samples to psychiatrists—and the compound was briefly used as > > the treatment du jour in conjunction with psychoanalysis.
> > But acid swiftly found its way into wider use among artists, writers (such as > > Brave New World's Aldous Huxley), actors (including established movie stars like > > Cary Grant), and rebellious teens in the 1950s and 1960s. In fact, it became so > > popular as a way to "tune in, turn on and drop out" that in 1966 New York State > > and California made it a crime to possess it; the U.S. government followed suit > > in 1970.
> > Hofmann also manufactured a wide range of medical drugs from ergot, including > > methergine (which is still used to halt bleeding after birth) and hydergine > > (which improves circulation). In the psychedelic realm, he was also the first to > > synthesize psilocybin, the active ingredient in so-called magic mushrooms > > (Psilocybe mexicana).
> (((( But the smokers in this forum don't really care... ))))
> Here's another druggie you can read about "_ Prof. Jonez _" > <thep...@jonez.net>
> Maybe you and Malcom should heed the warnings of following your > old drug of choice Idol's .
> Maybe all the LSD following has gone so far along you don't > realize just what it is your doing these day's.
> Could be the reason for all the senseless postings and trollings. Eh?
> Here's the fate of another drug follower like yourself.
> See these links if your still able.... > It's so sad to see your friends going down the drain...
aozot...@aol.com wrote: > On May 1, 9:19 pm, VoxsG...@yahoo.com wrote: >> On May 1, 2:50 pm, "_ Prof. Jonez _" <thep...@jonez.net> wrote: >> his heartfelt grief, for the loss of his idol and net monkey trainer
>>> Albert Hofmann, Inventor of LSD, Embarks on Final Trip >>> He was the first person to experience an acid trip--for both good >>> and bad >>> By David Biello
>>> Swiss chemist Albert Hofmann, inventor of LSD, died yesterday at >>> the age of 102, just 10 days after the 55th anniversary of his >>> notorious bicycle trip while tripping on "acid". Hofmann, who >>> suffered a heart attack at home in Basel, Switzerland, was the >>> first person to synthesize lysergic acid diethylamide, better known >>> as LSD, and the first human known to experience its mind-bending >>> effects.
>>> The drug was the 25th he created from the basic chemical >>> ingredients of ergot, a fungus that forms on rye, in his search for >>> treatments for circulation and respiratory problems. He reports in >>> his 1979 autobiography LSD, My Problem Child, that he became >>> restless and dizzy when he accidentally ingested the compound while >>> making it—and "perceived an uninterrupted stream of fantastic >>> pictures, extraordinary shapes with intense, kaleidoscopic play of >>> colors" for about two hours.
>>> The very next day (April 19, 1943), he swallowed 0.25 milligram of >>> the acid to confirm that it had caused his odd symptoms. Overcome >>> by dizziness and anxiety, he asked an assistant to bicycle him >>> home; once there, he writes that he was overcome by feelings that >>> he might die (prompting a later call to his physician), along with >>> delusions that included perceiving a kindly neighbor transformed >>> into a malevolent witch.
>>> Sandoz Pharmaceuticals, his employer at the time, tried to promote >>> LSD as a drug to treat psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia >>> under the trade name Delysid by sending samples to >>> psychiatrists—and the compound was briefly used as the treatment du >>> jour in conjunction with psychoanalysis.
>>> But acid swiftly found its way into wider use among artists, >>> writers (such as Brave New World's Aldous Huxley), actors >>> (including established movie stars like Cary Grant), and rebellious >>> teens in the 1950s and 1960s. In fact, it became so popular as a >>> way to "tune in, turn on and drop out" that in 1966 New York State >>> and California made it a crime to possess it; the U.S. government >>> followed suit in 1970.
>>> Hofmann also manufactured a wide range of medical drugs from ergot, >>> including methergine (which is still used to halt bleeding after >>> birth) and hydergine (which improves circulation). In the >>> psychedelic realm, he was also the first to synthesize psilocybin, >>> the active ingredient in so-called magic mushrooms (Psilocybe >>> mexicana).
>> (((( But the smokers in this forum don't really care... ))))
>> Here's another druggie you can read about "_ Prof. Jonez _" >> <thep...@jonez.net>
>> Maybe you and Malcom should heed the warnings of following your >> old drug of choice Idol's .
>> Maybe all the LSD following has gone so far along you don't >> realize just what it is your doing these day's.
>> Could be the reason for all the senseless postings and trollings. Eh?
>> Here's the fate of another drug follower like yourself.
>> See these links if your still able.... >> It's so sad to see your friends going down the drain...
> aozot...@aol.com wrote: > > On May 1, 9:19 pm, VoxsG...@yahoo.com wrote: > >> On May 1, 2:50 pm, "_ Prof. Jonez _" <thep...@jonez.net> wrote: > >> his heartfelt grief, for the loss of his idol and net monkey trainer
> >>> Albert Hofmann, Inventor of LSD, Embarks on Final Trip > >>> He was the first person to experience an acid trip--for both good > >>> and bad > >>> By David Biello
> >>> Swiss chemist Albert Hofmann, inventor of LSD, died yesterday at > >>> the age of 102, just 10 days after the 55th anniversary of his > >>> notorious bi
