Hofmann in 2006. Albert Hofmann , a scientist who discovered and created the drug Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) in 1938, has died today at the age 102. DRC Net reports that Hofmann's died of a heart attack in his house located in Basel , Switzerland. He is now known as the first person to experience a 'trip' from taking it. Since then, LSD aficionados around the world unofficially proclaimed April 19, 1943 as Bicycle Day. Hofmann is also credited with the discovery of psilocybin, which is the main hallucinogenic found in Psilocybin mushrooms. He also discovered the make-up of Ololiuqui . Hofmann was also on the Nobel Prize committee as well as a member of the American Society of Pharmacognosy and several other organizations.
Hofmann in 2006. , a scientist who discovered and created the drug (LSD) in 1938, has died today at the age 102. DRC Net reports that Hofmann's died of a in his house located in , Switzerland. He is now known as the first person to experience a '' from taking it. Since then, LSD aficionados around the world unofficially proclaimed April 19, 1943 as Bicycle Day. Hofmann is also credited with the discovery of psilocybin, which is the main hallucinogenic found in Psilocybin mushrooms. He also discovered the make-up of . Hofmann was also on the committee as well as a member of the and several other organizations.
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