Discoverer of LSD, Albert Hoffman, Passed Away Today...
By ShardAerliss
@ShardAerliss (1488)
April 30, 2008 12:17pm CST
at the grand old age of 102!! A great scientist and brilliant philosopher.
Rest in peace good sir.
... and yet he was a drug user (not abuser) and campaigned to keep certain drugs legal, or make them legal again. He called LSD "medicine for the soul" and said in an interview for Wired "I think that in human evolution it has never been as necessary to have this substance LSD. It is just as tool to turn us into what we are supposed to be."
http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2006/01/70015?currentPage=2
Also, his wiki link for you to read
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Hofmann
And a link to a translation of his book LSD: My Problem Child
http://www.psychedelic-library.org/child.htm
Would you agree with him, the man who created and experimented with LSD?
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@hellcord (673)
• Romania
15 Oct 08
Entheogens and psychedelics are THE substance to have in your life.
LSD I've never tried myself, and there is a problem I have with it: It is good, 2 nobel prize winners have attributed their discoveries to trips on it, but it IS possible to overdose, very easily.
The fact that it's taken orally and that the dose is so very very small, makes it dangerous if not dosed properly. Other than that its benefits are amazing.
I for one have access to Salvia Divinorum, the strongest one (gram for gram potency) after LSD, and the strongest natural psychedelic. I am 100% its supporter, getting my own plants to grow soon, and if it ever becomes illegal here I will probably move to some other country, Mexico if I have to :D
Psychedelics are a gate to a fantastic world of energy, creativity, love and tolerance, genius, and fulfilled human potential. I hope that sometime soon they will be made legal, though heavily regulated for safety.
Cheers :)
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@ShardAerliss (1488)
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27 Oct 08
Thank you for the comment. Sorry I've not responded sooner; I've been with very limited internet access while moving house.
I love your final comment. I may have to add it to my quote book.
Now, if only more people felt this way... tum-tee-tum.
