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LSD is a psychedelic drug that was first synthesized in 1938. It was originally used as a psychiatric medication, but has since been used for recreational purposes. Dr. Hofmann is the author of LSD My Problem Child, which tells the story of LSD from its beginnings as a promising psychiatric medication to its current status as a recreational drug. He discusses the drug's history and its effects on people. He also discusses the potential benefits of mystical experience for humans.
This is the story of LSD told by a concerned yet hopeful father, organic chemist Albert Hofmann. He traces LSD's path from a promising psychiatric research medicine to a recreational drug sparking hysteria and prohibition. We follow Dr. Hofmann's trek across Mexico to discover sacred plants related to LSD, and listen in as he corresponds with other notable figures about his remarkable discovery. Underlying it all is Dr. Hofmann's powerful conclusion that mystical experience may be our planet's best hope for survival. Whether induced by LSD, meditation, or arising spontaneously, such experiences help us to comprehend;the wonder, the mystery of the divine in the microcosm of the atom, in the macrocosm of the spiral nebula, in the seeds of plants, in the body and soul of people. More than sixty years after the birth of Albert Hofmann's problem child, his vision of its true potential is more relevant, and more needed, than ever.
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