Bicycle day's just around the corner, but it's not what you think. This isn't a holiday honoring your favorite two wheeled, environmentally friend vehicle - it's about the day chemist Albert Hoffman first discovered the psychedelic effects of Lysergic Acid Diethylamide, or LSD-25. Today we're talking the chemical history of LSD, so get ready to turn on, tune in, but don't drop out... you might just learn something.
Sources:
- Ergot Abortions
- Headache remedy
- Ergotamine
- Total Synthesis of Lysergic Acid
- LSD: My Problem Child
- Article on LSD Discovery
- Mystirc Chemist: The life of Albert Hofman
- Studies in the effects of LSD-25
- Acid Dreams (book)
- Hoffman lives past 100
- LSD test on mathematics
- Possible medical uses of psychedelics
- LSD and Schizophrenia
- LSD and Alcoholism
- LSD issues
- More LSD Issues
- US Drug Scheduling
- St. Anthony’s fire and alchemy
- Ergotism and Salem witch trials possible connection
- Caporeal, L.R. Ergotism: The Satan loosed in Salem? Science 1976, 192(4234), p. 21-26.
Current research in LSD:
- 2016: Survey of research antidepressive, anti-addictive, and anti-anxiety potentials in LSD.
- Jan, 2017: study in Cell investigates the crystal structure of LSD and its biochemical effect on the brain.
- Feb, 2017: study identifies serotonin receptor in brain respsobile for “feeling of meaning” and actually studies why LSD makes music sound.
- Jan, 2017: A look into LSD induced psychedelic phosphenes, and the role of biocheemiluminescence.
- Jan 2017: A look into why LSD is so difficult to find in urine tests.
- 2016: How LSD Affects Perception of Language.
- Jan 2016: How LSD affects Circadian Rhythm.
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