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LSD was ingested intentionally for the first time

Fact - Albert Hofmann ingested LSD intentionally and experienced the first known psychedelic trip in 1943. He had synthesised the chemical 5 years prior.
Pic Credits: © 2012 new 1lluminati | Psychedelic Trip | CC BY-SA | Modified

Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) was synthesised on November 16, 1938 by Albert Hofmann, a Swiss chemist at Sandoz laboratories in Basel, Switzerland. He came to know of the psychedelic properties of the drug only five years later when he intentionally ingested 250 micrograms of it.

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