You fucking whore i was THIS CLOSE!!!!! almost able to post this but anywho ill add on..
Hofmann became director of the natural products department at
Sandoz and went on studying hallucinogenic substances found in Mexican
mushrooms and other plants used by the aboriginal people. This led to the synthesis of
psilocybin, the active agent of many "
magic mushrooms."
[5] Hofmann also became interested in the seeds of the Mexican
morning glory species
Rivea corymbosa, the seeds of which are called
Ololiuhqui by the natives. He was surprised to find the active compound of
Ololiuhqui,
ergine (lysergic acid amide), to be closely related to LSD.
In
1962, he and his wife Anita traveled to southern
Mexico to search for the plant "Ska Maria Pastora" (Leaves of Mary the Shepherdess), later known as
Salvia divinorum. He was able to obtain samples of this plant but never succeeded in identifying its active compound which has since been identified as the
diterpenoid Salvinorin A.
Hofmann called LSD "medicine for the soul" and was frustrated by the worldwide prohibition that has pushed it underground. "It was used very successfully for 10 years in psychoanalysis," he said, adding that the drug was hijacked by the
youth movement of the 1960s and then unfairly demonized by the establishment that the movement opposed. He conceded that LSD can be dangerous in the wrong hands.
[6] Hofmann was due to speak at the World Psychedelic Forum
[7] from
March 21 to
March 24,
2008 but was forced to pull out due to poor health.
In December 2007, Swiss medical authorities permitted a psychotherapist to perform psychotherapeutical experiments with patients who suffer from terminal stage cancer and other deadly diseases. Although not yet started, these experiments will represent the first study of the therapeutic effects of LSD on humans in 35 years, as other studies have focused on the drug's effects on consciousness and body. Hofmann supported the study, and continued to believe in the therapeutic benefits of LSD.
[8]
funny funny thingy
Hofmann first synthesized LSD-25 in 1938. It was set aside for five years, until
April 16,
1943, when Hofmann decided to take another look at it. While re-synthesizing LSD, he accidentally absorbed a small quantity through his fingertips
[3] and serendipitously discovered its powerful effects before his bicycle ride home. Three days later, on
April 19, Hofmann deliberately consumed 250 micrograms of LSD. This was followed by a series of self-experiments conducted by Hofmann and his colleagues. He first wrote about these experiments on
April 22 of that year.
