The father of the drug LSD died this week at the tender young age of 102. Albert Hofmann discovered lysergic acid diethylamide-25 way back in 1938.

“I’m old as fuck!”

In 1943, Albert was working in a lab on some shit that none of us could possibly understand when a small amount of the drug was accidentally absorbed into his body through his finger. He soon found himself feeling odd. It was on this day that Albert technically became the first person known to actually take LSD. He described seeing wonderous visions and thoughts turning to colors for a few hours.

Twenty years later, all the hippies were doing LSD and the era of “free love” and crazy fucking songs like “Yellow Submarine” was ushered in. The government had to be dicks and ban it in 1966 though. Hoffman defended his drug against the government saying, “I created it for medication - if people abuse it, that’s not my fault.” He also disliked the idea of banning LSD because it’s non-addictive. However, some abusers of the drug have been known to suffer from permanent psychosis and acid flashbacks.

“Dude… man! Like… duuuuude. Wait, what?”

America is great - it’s filled with authority figures that like to say, “Sorry, this substance is illegal and you can’t experiment with it. It’s really bad for you anyway - we are protecting you.” Protecting us from who? Ourselves? Look, I’ve made it 24 years so far and have done some really stupid shit in my life, but I’m still alive and well. Albert Hofmann lived to be 102 and he used to experiment with one of the most powerful hallucinigenic drugs ever. We should all just say, “fuck the government” and take LSD tonight in honor of Albert - just make sure you think happy thoughts because a good trip can turn bad if you let those negative vibes creep up on you… and you don’t want that.

Classic example of a bad trip. Terrifying… unless you like old ladies, fire, and bodiless babies.