Albert Hofmann’s First and Last Trip

Apr 29, 2023

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With "no sense of urgency," Albert Hofmann died on this day, April 29, at the age of 102.

He invented LSD in 1938, and took his very first trip— on a bicycle and 250 micrograms— in 1943. I always wanted to know where he went.

What an amazing thing to discover. I wonder whom he told about it first.

Truly a legend of "better living through chemistry," Hoffm…

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