Albert Hofmann dead at 102
Albert Hofmann, the man who first synthesized Lysergic Acid Diethylamide, passed away this Tuesday of natural causes. Famous for his 1942 bike ride, Hofmann changed the counter-cultural landscape forever with the introduction of LSD, one of the most common hallucinogens in the drug culture. Though Hofmann had many differences with the 60’s movements that popularized his drug, he never abandoned it and worked for many years to get LSD legalized for psychiatric care and research.
After years of waiting, Swiss medical authorities have authorized tests of LSD on patients suffering from terminal cancer. Hofmann energetically approved of the research, the first of it’s kind in 35 years.
