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BBC NEWS | Europe | LSD inventor Albert Hofmann dies

news.bbc.co.uk — Albert Hofmann, the Swiss chemist who discovered the hallucinogenic drug LSD, has died of a heart attack at his home in Basel at the age of 102.

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  • MattBlackCat, on 04/30/2008, -0/+1Bummer ..........
  • runderwo, on 04/30/2008, -0/+1In other news, case study released today by Bureau of Narcotics showing conclusively that LSD use leads to heart failure.
  • Techaga, on 04/30/2008, -0/+1...but only once your heart reaches 102 years old.
  • inactive, on 04/30/2008, -0/+1well he lived to be 102....something good must have been in LSD
  • makeinstall, on 04/30/2008, -0/+1So long and thanks for all the hehehe....bwahahahaha.....ooooohhhhh.......wwwwoooooaaahhhhh!
  • Verikia, on 05/01/2008, -0/+0The drug was popularised by Harvard professor Timothy Leary who suggested that people "turn on, tune in, drop out". Thanks Tim, way to ***** it up for the rest of us...
  • LizNovack, on 05/01/2008, -0/+0Of all the bad trips where he thought he was dying, I guess he had the final one.
  • canewediggit, on 04/30/2008, -1/+1so now he really will see jesus
  • cyberfreak77, on 04/30/2008, -0/+0No doubt about that. The Mankind at our point of evolution is just to stupid too benefit from this discovery. Instead we banned it and call it a "drug" as if it would be some kind of heroin or cocaine. R.I.P.!

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