The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #151986 Message #3555497
Posted By: Jack Campin
02-Sep-13 - 07:15 PM
Thread Name: BS: LSD keeps you sane
Subject: RE: BS: LSD keeps you sane
Lysergic acid diethylamide, introduced in 1938 by Albert Hofman was invented to introduce a schizophrenic state so that psychiatrists could study it further.
No it wasn't. The psychedelic effects were sheer fluke, nobody knew enough to plan something like that. Hofmann says:
I had planned the synthesis of this compound with the intention of obtaining a circulatory and respiratory stimulant (an analeptic).