Albert Hofmann, inventor of LSD is dead?
donte...@spam.la
died. I can't find anything on the internets about it yet.
nikol...@gmail.com
> A friend of a friend, one of those things, has said Mr Hofmann has
> died. I can't find anything on the internets about it yet.
J.D. Baldwin
In the previous article, <nikol...@gmail.com> wrote:
O, the tragedy of drug abuse. He was only 102.
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Matthew Kruk
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> In the previous article, <nikol...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Apr 29, 12:04=A0pm, dontemai...@spam.la wrote:
>> > A friend of a friend, one of those things, has said Mr Hofmann has
>> > died. I can't find anything on the internets about it yet.
>>
>> http://reddit.com/info/6hj6e/comments/
>
> O, the tragedy of drug abuse. He was only 102.
Albert pondered his "problem child" two years ago:
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/07/international/europe/07hoffman.html
Bo Bielefeldt AKA The Fireball
I might've been one of them...
Magnus
wrote:
> In the previous article, <nikol.k...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On Apr 29, 12:04=A0pm, dontemai...@spam.la wrote:
> > > A friend of a friend, one of those things, has said Mr Hofmann has
> > > died. I can't find anything on the internets about it yet.
>
> >http://reddit.com/info/6hj6e/comments/
>
> O, the tragedy of drug abuse. He was only 102.
> --
A person's view of a drug depends largely on its effect on him or her.
I didn't have a very pleasant time on LSD and stopped taking it early.
I'm glad I did. I saw a lot of people become basket cases because of
it. This is a potent drug, and there is really no way of telling how
it will affect you or controlling its effect.
LSD was really hyped during the '60s, but the spiritual and
intellectual goods promised by the hypers (Leary, Kesey, etc) were
never delivered. The promise proved, for most people, to be
illusory. .
magnnus
Father Haskell
> A friend of a friend, one of those things, has said Mr Hofmann has
> died.
No, no, no. He's outside, looking in.
JeffCo
marmalade skies
Somebody calls you, you answer quite closely
The girl with kaliedoscope eyes!
DGH
I cannot find anything on any of the major news outlets confirming the
death of Dr. Albert hofmann.
Magnus
ass in the late nineteenth century.
magnus
Absinthe's Mind-Altering Mystery Solved
Charles Q. Choi
Special to LiveScience
LiveScience.com 2 hours, 18 minutes ago
An analysis of century-old bottles of absinthe - the kind once quaffed
by the likes of van Gogh and Picasso to enhance their creativity - may
end the controversy over what ingredient caused the green liqueur's
supposed mind-altering effects .
The culprit seems plain and simple: The century-old absinthe contained
about 70 percent alcohol, giving it a 140-proof kick. In comparison,
most gins, vodkas and whiskeys are just 80- to 100-proof.
In recent years, the psychedelic nature of absinthe has been hotly
debated. Absinthe was notorious among 19th-century and early 20th-
century bohemian artists as "the Green Fairy" that expanded the mind.
After it became infamous for madness and toxic side effects among
drinkers, it was widely banned.
The modern scientific consensus is that absinthe's reputation could
simply be traced back to alcoholism, or perhaps toxic compounds that
leaked in during faulty distillation. Still, others have pointed at a
chemical named thujone in wormwood, one of the herbs used to prepare
absinthe and the one that gives the drink its green color. Thujone was
blamed for "absinthe madness" and "absinthism," a collection of
symptoms including hallucinations, facial tics, numbness and dementia.
Prior studies suggested that absinthe had only trace levels of
thujone. But critics claimed that absinthe made before it got banned
in France in 1915 had much higher levels of thujone than modern
absinthe produced since 1988, when the European Union lifted the ban
on making absinthe.
"Today it seems a substantial minority of consumers want these myths
to be true, even if there is no empirical evidence that they are,"
said researcher Dirk Lachenmeier, a chemist with the Chemical and
Veterinary Investigation Laboratory of Karlsruhe in Germany.
Lachenmeier and his colleagues analyzed 13 samples of absinthe from
old, sealed bottles in France, Switzerland, Italy, Spain, the
Netherlands and the United States dated back to the early 1900s before
the ban. After uncorking the bottles, they found relatively small
concentrations of thujone in that absinthe, about the same as those in
modern varieties.
Laboratory tests found no other compound that could explain absinthe's
effects. "All things considered, nothing besides ethanol was found in
the absinthes that was able to explain the syndrome of absinthism,"
Lachenmeier said. (Ethanol is a word for common drinking alcohol.)
The scientists are set to detail their findings in the May 14 issue of
the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry.
Matthew Kruk
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>
> I cannot find anything on any of the major news outlets confirming the
> death of Dr. Albert hofmann.
I've looked too and am awaiting something official.
Matthew Kruk
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Found this but again not valid in my opinion:
http://stopthedrugwar.org/speakeasy_main/2008/apr/29/dr_albert_hofmann_father_of_lsd_
Matthew Kruk
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> Speaking of drugs, here is an article about one that kicked a lot of
> ass in the late nineteenth century.
>
> magnus
>
> Absinthe's Mind-Altering Mystery Solved
cha...@gmail.com
> died. I can't find anything on the internets about it yet.
I'm a bit Leary until it comes over the blotter. Until then, I'll be
keeping tabs on this.
Magnus
> "Magnus" <robertchamp2...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
Very funny. Thanks!
magnus
Bill Schenley
> > Mr Hofmann has died. I can't find anything on the
> > internets about it yet.
>
> I'm a bit Leary until it comes over the blotter. Until then,
> I'll be keeping tabs on this.
Well, keep looking through the windowpanes ...
Bill Schenley
> fart to kick it.
Not too many. I had him until he hit 100 ...
John M.
That is spookily similar to a computer game I once had with vocals by William S.
Burroughs.
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John M
John M.
<father...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>On Apr 29, 1:04 pm, dontemai...@spam.la wrote:
>> A friend of a friend, one of those things, has said Mr Hofmann has
>> died.
>
>No, no, no. He's outside, looking in.
Wait a minute....How can he do that? Isn't he dead?
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John M
alfansome
keep looking out the window pane and see the sunshine.
al
DGH
I guess your friend was correct. This morning NPR reports his death.
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J.D. Baldwin
In the previous article, DGH <peri...@eudoramail.com> wrote:
> I guess your friend was correct. This morning NPR reports his death.
a.o scoops the world again!
higorvaz
advantage of this already has the liberty Spirit.
VAI COM DEUS MR. HOFMANN.........
Father Haskell
> On Apr 29, 1:37 pm, INVALID_SEE_...@example.com.invalid (J.D. Baldwin)
> wrote:
>
> > In the previous article, <nikol.k...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > On Apr 29, 12:04=A0pm, dontemai...@spam.la wrote:
> > > > A friend of a friend, one of those things, has said Mr Hofmann has
> > > > died. I can't find anything on the internets about it yet.
>
> > >http://reddit.com/info/6hj6e/comments/
>
> > O, the tragedy of drug abuse. He was only 102.
> > --
>
> A person's view of a drug depends largely on its effect on him or her.
> I didn't have a very pleasant time on LSD and stopped taking it early.
Hofmann described the effects of his first deliberate ingestion as
terrifying. Yet, he took it countless times, either as research,
or perhaps because he sensed something of great value.
Can't say I've ever seen a picture of the man where he
wasn't smiling.
> I'm glad I did. I saw a lot of people become basket cases because of
> it. This is a potent drug, and there is really no way of telling how
> it will affect you or controlling its effect.
>
> LSD was really hyped during the '60s, but the spiritual and
> intellectual goods promised by the hypers (Leary, Kesey, etc) were
> never delivered. The promise proved, for most people, to be
> illusory. .
Magnus
Oh, I'm not denying that LSD was/is for many people an extraordinary
and enrichening experience. I am happy for them. But it can be a
terrible experience. You just takes your chances when you swallow it.
You might have an experience of God or you might end up in the psycho
ward.
magnus
Father Haskell
Potency is weaker now than in the 60s and 70s, generally
less than 50 ug. Hofmann's bicycle ride was 250 ug. No
one had taken it before, so it _seemed_ like a good starting
point.
Cluster headache sufferers are experimenting with very low,
sub-20 ug doses, and reporting extended periods of relief.