L.S.D.In the 1938, Dr. Albert Hofmann working in the Swiss Pharmaceutical Company called Sandoz, produced L.S.D. (lysergic acid diethylamide) for the first time. He was hoping that this new drug could be used to stimulate circulation and respiration. How

L.S.D.

In the 1938, Dr. Albert Hofmann working in the Swiss Pharmaceutical Company called Sandoz, produced L.S.D. (lysergic acid diethylamide) for the first time. He was hoping that this new drug could be used to stimulate circulation and respiration. However, the tests he conducted were all failures and he forgot about L.S.D. for five years. In April of 1943, Hofmann accidentally ingested or somehow absorbed a bit of L.S.D. and experienced some of the psychedelic effects of this chemical; dizziness, visual distortions and restlessness. A few days later he prepared 0.25 mg of L.S.D. in water and drank it. And again he experienced the mood and thought altering effects of the drug. (Hofmann, 1979)
L.S.D. was experimented in the 1950's by the governments of various countries most notably the British and United States. Experiments often included giving L.S.D. to unsuspecting soldiers, hospital patients and as some people have claimed to members of the public. However, it quickly...