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Albert Hofmann, 102; Swiss chemist discovered LSD
The Los Angeles Times ^
| April 29, 2008
| Thomas H. Maugh II
Posted on 04/29/2008 7:47:46 PM PDT by rond
Albert Hofmann, the Swiss chemist who discovered LSD and thereby gave the psychedelic generation the pharmaceutical vehicle to turn on, tune in and drop out, has died. He was 102.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: lsd; obituary; pharmaceuticals; sandoz; switzerland
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Just saw a History Channel show with old interviews of Hofmann. What a bicyclist.
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posted on
04/29/2008 7:47:46 PM PDT
by
rond
To: rond
Bummer. I liked Al. Good guy despite his problem child. RIP.
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posted on
04/29/2008 7:51:01 PM PDT
by
SpaceBar
To: rond
Wow, 102. Maybe he also discovered the Life Extenionist’s long sought elixr, and chose not to share. RIP Mr. Hoffman. I don’t believe he was trying to invent a new recreational drug, was he?
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posted on
04/29/2008 7:51:42 PM PDT
by
bluefish
(Hey! Where did this come from?)
To: rond
102 ???? Wonder....never mind....
To: Sleeping Freeper
How old was Timothy Leary when he died?
To: rond
102. Now THAT’s a long strange trip.
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posted on
04/29/2008 7:54:24 PM PDT
by
Huck
(Watching the DEMs come down the stretch is like watching the Mets come down the stretch!)
To: rond
Did he have anything to do with the Fundamentalist LSD in Eldorado, TX?
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posted on
04/29/2008 7:55:56 PM PDT
by
Revolting cat!
(You're gonna cry 96 tears!)
To: rond
Wow, Man!
I thought he had been dead for years.
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posted on
04/29/2008 8:04:07 PM PDT
by
trumandogz
("He is erratic. He is hotheaded. He loses his temper and it worries me." Sen Cochran on McCain)
To: Revolting cat!
“Him? He is harmless. He did too much LDS in the 60s”
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posted on
04/29/2008 8:04:55 PM PDT
by
wrench
To: rond
The lady next door [became] a malevolent, insidious witch with a colored mask." Is there any important historic event that didn't involve Hillary?
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posted on
04/29/2008 8:05:47 PM PDT
by
HerrBlucher
(Asked on his deathbed why he was reading the bible, WC Fields replied "I'm looking for loopholes.")
To: wrench
Wasn’t he once known as ‘Abbie Hoffman’?
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posted on
04/29/2008 8:06:51 PM PDT
by
Revolting cat!
(You're gonna cry 96 tears!)
To: rond
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posted on
04/29/2008 8:07:54 PM PDT
by
Free ThinkerNY
((((Obama's issues would be better resolved in a psychotherapists office, than in the Oval Office))))
To: rond
We wouldn’t know such expressiuons as ‘far out,man’ if not for this dude. (or ‘dude’, for that matter, dude!)
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posted on
04/29/2008 8:15:53 PM PDT
by
Revolting cat!
(You're gonna cry 96 tears!)
To: rond
Well, I guess LSD doesn’t necessarily lead to early death.
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posted on
04/29/2008 8:20:59 PM PDT
by
aruanan
To: wrench
Most LDS’s I know are fairly harmless. :)
To: Revolting cat!
Like, you know, man. Albert Hoffman was a groovy, far-out freak, man. Like, you know.
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posted on
04/29/2008 8:29:47 PM PDT
by
Free ThinkerNY
((((Obama's issues would be better resolved in a psychotherapists office, than in the Oval Office))))
To: rond
Despite all the jokes, Hofmann was regarded as one of the most brilliant chemists of the 20’th century. He had very little to do with the social trajectory LSD took once it’s psychoactive properties were fully appreciated. The cult status he enjoyed was largely foisted on him.
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posted on
04/29/2008 8:33:32 PM PDT
by
SpaceBar
To: rond
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posted on
04/29/2008 8:33:39 PM PDT
by
VR-21
To: rond
How does one “discover” a drug? Dontcha have to figger out how to make it?
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posted on
04/29/2008 8:56:14 PM PDT
by
Cobra64
(www.BulletBras.net)
To: Cobra64
How does one “discover” a drug? Dontcha have to figger out how to make it?
He was working on synthesizing derivatives of ergot. I seem to recall that it had something to do with finding a medication for migraines. Anyway, he synthesized LSD-25 and then did nothing more with it for several years and then, when taking another look at it, happened to ingest some. After that he and others experimented with varying amounts of it.
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posted on
04/29/2008 9:07:40 PM PDT
by
aruanan
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