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From 'problem child' to 'prodigy'? LSD turns 75
Lysergic acid diethylamide was labelled a "problem child" by the man who discovered its hallucinogenic properties in 1943: as it turns 75, the drug known as LSD may now be changing its image.
The late Swiss chemist Albert Hofmann famously learned of LSD's psychedelic effects when he inadvertently took a small dose while doing lab work for pharmaceutical company Sandoz.
He wanted the drug to be medically researched, convinced it could be a valuable psychiatric tool and lead to a deeper understanding of human consciousness.
But through the 1960s, LSD became synonymous with counterculture and anti-authority protests.
By the early 1970s, it had been widely criminalised in the West, prompting Hofmann to publish his 1979 memoir, "LSD: My Problem Child".
(Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Monday October 15 2018, @05:51PM (1 child)
Why the Dems don't jump on this bandwagon, I really don't understand.
Dems did. Most of the states that have legalized it are blue states.
(Score: 2) by Whoever on Tuesday October 16 2018, @03:10AM
Yes, but the Feds still consider it to be illegal. That has lots of knock-on effects, such as high prices.