The hallucinogenic affects of Lysergic acid diethylamide were not immediately recognized and the drug was ignored until the next several years.
LSD or LSD 25 or Lysergic acid diethylamide is the 25th compound based in lysergic acid that Albert Hofmann had synthesized in his search for a migraine cure.
In 1943, Hofmann was the first human to experience LSD. He accidentally absorbed a very small amount of substance and began to experience hallucinations and visual perceptual distortion.
The next day after recovering from the effects of the first unintentional exposure, he ingested a small amount of the substance and again experienced the same effects.
LSD 25 was initially marketed by Sandoz Laboratories as a therapeutic drug with numerous potential useful psychiatric application.
Because of its similarity to a chemical present in the brain and its similarity in effects to certain aspects of psychosis, LSD was used in experiments by psychiatrist through the 1940s, ‘50s and ‘60s.
By the late 1960s, LSD had become the most controversial drug in the world, As many as 2 million people in the United States had tried LSD, but the positive statements about LSD were counterbalanced by increasing negative publicity.
History of LSD 25
