[Exotica] [obit] Dr. Albert Hofmann

Dr. Albert Hofmann, Father of LSD, Dead at 102

Posted in Chronicle Blog by Scott Morgan on Tue, 04/29/2008 - 4:48pm

Internet rumors of his passing have been confirmed for us by a friend of Hofmann's. Dr. Albert Hofmann died of a heart attack this morning at his home in Basel, Switzerland. Hofmann inadvertently discovered the effects of LSD while researching the substance in 1943. He subsequently self-administered the drug deliberately and produced the first accounts of its powerful psychedelic effects.

If you think 102 is old, just imagine how long he might have lived if he never did drugs!