«Наука и жизнь» в декабре 1966 года писала про #LSD, Альберта Хоффмана и Тимоти Лири

#Leary #psychedelic #sixties #наукаИЖизнь #AlbertHoffman #USSR #совок

🚀🤦‍♂️ A WVU student "discovers" a fungus that Albert Hoffman apparently predicted...because clearly the world was eagerly awaiting the magic mushroom sequel. 🎓🔍 Meanwhile, the #LSD inventor's spirit is probably facepalming at the hype over a glorified mold. 🍄🙄
https://wvutoday.wvu.edu/stories/2025/06/02/wvu-student-makes-long-awaited-discovery-of-mystery-fungus-sought-by-lsd-s-inventor #WVUstudent #magicmushrooms #AlbertHoffman #fungi #discovery #HackerNews #ngated
WVU Today | WVU student discovers long-awaited mystery fungus sought by LSD’s inventor

Making a discovery with the potential for innovative applications in pharmaceutical development, a West Virginia University microbiology student has found a long sought-after fungus that produces effects similar to the semisynthetic drug LSD, which is used to treat conditions like depression, post-traumatic stress disorder and addiction.

WVU Today | WVU student discovers long-awaited mystery fungus sought by LSD’s inventor

Making a discovery with the potential for innovative applications in pharmaceutical development, a West Virginia University microbiology student has found a long sought-after fungus that produces effects similar to the semisynthetic drug LSD, which is used to treat conditions like depression, post-traumatic stress disorder and addiction.

Today in Labor History Today in Labor History April 19, 1943: Albert Hoffman, inventor of LSD, tested his first dose and went for a bike ride. This day is now celebrated as Bicycle Day. “... Little by little I could begin to enjoy the unprecedented colors and plays of shapes that persisted behind my closed eyes. Kaleidoscopic, fantastic images surged in on me, alternating, variegated, opening and then closing themselves in circles and spirals, exploding in colored fountains, rearranging and hybridizing themselves in constant flux ...” And from that date forward, working class people could finally afford to go on a trip. Hoffman later went on to isolate psilicyben, the active hallucinogenic ingredient in mushrooms, which he also enjoyed experimenting with.

Sandoz originally marketed the drug as Delysid and sold it in 100 microgram doses. From the late 1940s, through the early 1960s, the drug was legal and numerous psychologists and researchers began experimenting with it as a form of therapy. Many were willing participants in the CIA’s UKUltra mind control experiments, in which LSD was given to people, most of whom without their consent or knowledge. Cary Grant was a frequent and enthusiastic user. As early as the late 1940s, anthropologists Margaret Mead and Gregory Bateson became enthusiastic about its potential to unleash a new era of peace and expanded consciousness. The founder of Alcoholic Anonymous was also an early user and said that it was far more effective at treating alcoholism than any other treatment he knew of. Researcher John Lily, along with Gregory Bateson, began dosing dolphins in the early 1960s, in experiments connected with the U.S. military, in an attempt to learn to communicate with the animals and deploy them as weapons in the cold war. You can read more about Mead and Bateson’s role in promoting hallucinogens and in collaborating with the military and intelligence communities in Benjamin Breen’s book, Tripping on Utopia.

#workingclass #LaborHistory #alberthoffman #lsd #drugs #hallucinogens #psychedelics #bicycleday #cia #MKUltra #mindcontrol #brainwashing #consent #torture

Happy #BicycleDay

"Bicycle Day is an international holiday that commemorates the date that Dr. Albert Hofmann first tripped on LSD (Lysergic Acid Diethylamide-25), while cycling home from his lab in Basel, Switzerland on April 19, 1943."

https://capovelo.com/discovery-lsd-came-create-bicycle-day/

#AlbertHoffman #LSD #drugs

- How the Discovery of LSD Came to Create "Bicycle Day"

photo credits @ Vedran Misic http://vedranart.com Bicycle Day is an international holiday that commemorates the date that Dr. Albert Hofmann first tripped on LSD (Lysergic Acid Diethylamide-25), while cycling home from his lab in Basel, Switzerland on April 19, 1943. Hofmann had synthesized several derivatives of ergot, a fungus found on rye, in the process of searching for new […]

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Happy #BicycleDay everyone ( almost certain the guy on the left is #AlbertHoffman ) #LSD

Today in Labor History Today in Labor History April 15, 1943: Albert Hoffman, inventor of LSD, tested his first dose and went for a bike ride. This day is now celebrated as Bicycle Day. “... Little by little I could begin to enjoy the unprecedented colors and plays of shapes that persisted behind my closed eyes. Kaleidoscopic, fantastic images surged in on me, alternating, variegated, opening and then closing themselves in circles and spirals, exploding in colored fountains, rearranging and hybridizing themselves in constant flux ...” And from that date forward, working class people could finally afford to go on a trip.

Sandoz originally marketed the drug as Delysid and sold it in 100 microgram doses. From the late 1940s, through the early 1960s, the drug was legal and numerous psychologists and researchers began experimenting with it as a form of therapy. Many were willing participants in the CIA’s UKUltra mind control experiments, in which LSD was given to people without their consent or knowledge. Cary Grant was a frequent and enthusiastic user. As early as the late 1940s, anthropologists Margaret Mead and Gregory Bateson became enthusiastic about its potential to unleash a new era of peace and expanded consciousness. The founder of Alcoholic Anonymous was also an early user and said that it was far more effective at treating alcoholism than any other treatment he knew of. Research John Lily, along with Gregory Bateson, began dosing dolphins in the early 1960s, in experiments connected with the U.S. military, in an attempt to learn to communicate with the animals and deploy them as weapons in the cold war.

Hoffman later went on to isolate psilicyben, the active hallucinogenic ingredient in mushrooms, which he also enjoyed experimenting with.

#workingclass #LaborHistory #alberthoffman #lsd #drugs #hallucinogens #psychedelics #bicycleday #cheapvacation #cia #MKUltra #mindcontrol #brainwashing #consent #torture

In a few days in Labor History April 19, 1943: Albert Hoffman, inventor of LSD, tested his first dose and went for a bike ride. This day is now celebrated as Bicycle Day. “... Little by little I could begin to enjoy the unprecedented colors and plays of shapes that persisted behind my closed eyes. Kaleidoscopic, fantastic images surged in on me, alternating, variegated, opening and then closing themselves in circles and spirals, exploding in colored fountains, rearranging and hybridizing themselves in constant flux ...”

#WorkingClass #LaborHistory #AlbertHoffman #lsd #drugs #hallucinogens #psychedelics #BicycleDay #CheapVacation