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POPSA Really Long Strange Trip Despite the long-held promise that such substances might reveal the secrets of the conscious mind, the study of hallucinogenic compounds has always been controversial. Once a thriving area of research, projects like these ground to a halt in the late 1960s when a media frenzy over rampant recreational use led the federal government to criminalize both psilocybin and LSD.
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POPSFather of LSD Albert Hofmann at age One Hundred in 2006. He died on 30 April 2008 at age One Hundred and two.
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POPSAlbert Hofmann dies age 102 "In a dreamlike state, with eyes closed (I found the daylight to be unpleasantly glaring), I perceived an uninterrupted stream of fantastic pictures, extraordinary shapes with intense, kaleidoscopic play of colors. After some two hours this condition faded away." Get out the peace t-shirt, put a flower in your hair, go barefoot and celebrate the life of this "Magic Man". :D