01/11/2024
๐๐Albert Hofmann was born in Switzerland on January 11, 1906. At Sandoz Labs, he worked on synthesizing active compounds from plants and fungi for pharmaceutical use. He first synthesized L*D in 1938, but its effects were discovered in 1943 after he revisited the compound and accidentally ingested a small amount. A few days later on April 19, 1943, he had the world's first intentional L*D trip when he ingested 250 micrograms experimentally. Hofmann went on to author hundreds of scientific papers and continued research on hallucinogenic substances leading to the isolation and synthesis of psilocin and psilocybin from magic mushrooms.๐