Albert Hofmann, the Father of LSD, Dies at 102

Wednesday, April 30, 2008 - 22:07 in Psychology & Sociology

Mr. Hofmann synthesized LSD in 1938 but did not discover its psychopharmacological effects until five years later, when he accidentally ingested the substance.

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