Albert Hoffman synthesizes LSD for the first time in 1938 at Sandoz Labs, Basel from ergotamine. He would discover it’s hallucinogenic effects later in 1943 and undertake that famous bicycle ride.

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1. Love this guy…

2. Where would one procure his discovery in Switzerland?

3. bro why did you spell his last name wrong? its like this **Albert Hofmann**

4. Zürich aint got nothin on us 💪

5. May he Rest In Peace. I had the opportunity to eat with him years ago, during the filming of “The Substance”. Marvelous person, you can imagine what a touching experience has been for me as a psychonaut and -now- chemist.

6. Thanks for creating a terrible drug???

7. I’m currently sitting in an old sandoz chemistry building looking on the bridge.
   It could be “the” building, but noone is sure anymore and some people say the actual building was torn down. We still make jokes about licking the walls on tough days 😉

8. My Hero

9. And he took the first dose at 16:20, the reason why 420 exists.

10. We always wanted to go to one of his yearly partys in Basel but sadly he passed away before we could attend, may he rest in peace.

    But his legacy lives on, we had 2 great trips this summer, still have some in the fridge but now the weather is too cold and ugly so it has to wait until next summer lol

    Happy flying everyone 🙂

11. L E G A L I Z E I T

12. LSD to the people!