Slog - Comments on So Long and Thanks for All the Trips http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/so_long_and_thanks_for_all_the_trips Dr. Albert Hofmann, inventor of LSD, is dead at 102. There's uncertainty on teh nets whether Hofmann's passing is just a rumor. However, a call to the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies confirms he died last night in his home in Basel, Switzerland. In his honor, please enjoy this classic video of his "problem child" on the battlefield. Tip from NaFun.... Copyright 2008 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:31:11 -0800 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:26:23 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Mr. Poe I'll never take acid again.

Phuck.

]]> Mr. Poe http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/so_long_and_thanks_for_all_the_trips#c1009010 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/so_long_and_thanks_for_all_the_trips#c1009010 Drugs Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:48:48 -0800 Comment by Dominic Holden I'm with you, Poe. That shit freaks me out.

]]> Dominic Holden http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/so_long_and_thanks_for_all_the_trips#c1009023 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/so_long_and_thanks_for_all_the_trips#c1009023 Drugs Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:52:20 -0800 Comment by NaFun Acid is still my favorite of all the substances I've done. It'll always hold a special place for me. And here I was just thinking it was time to do it again...

]]> NaFun http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/so_long_and_thanks_for_all_the_trips#c1009035 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/so_long_and_thanks_for_all_the_trips#c1009035 Drugs Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:56:33 -0800 Comment by Mr. Poe I'll stick to airplane glue and freon.

]]> Mr. Poe http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/so_long_and_thanks_for_all_the_trips#c1009043 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/so_long_and_thanks_for_all_the_trips#c1009043 Drugs Tue, 29 Apr 2008 14:01:04 -0800 Comment by Non "One hour into the drug, with one (soldier) climbing the tree to feed the birds"


lol

]]> Non http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/so_long_and_thanks_for_all_the_trips#c1009058 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/so_long_and_thanks_for_all_the_trips#c1009058 Drugs Tue, 29 Apr 2008 14:07:58 -0800 Comment by ellarosa yes, 5, that was my favorite part, too.

]]> ellarosa http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/so_long_and_thanks_for_all_the_trips#c1009112 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/so_long_and_thanks_for_all_the_trips#c1009112 Drugs Tue, 29 Apr 2008 14:31:38 -0800 Comment by seb thanx sooo much albert...
BLESS YOU!!!
@;-)~

]]> seb http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/so_long_and_thanks_for_all_the_trips#c1009153 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/so_long_and_thanks_for_all_the_trips#c1009153 Drugs Tue, 29 Apr 2008 14:47:22 -0800 Comment by Spoonbender In our eyes you are immortal.

]]> Spoonbender http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/so_long_and_thanks_for_all_the_trips#c1009223 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/so_long_and_thanks_for_all_the_trips#c1009223 Drugs Tue, 29 Apr 2008 15:27:16 -0800 Comment by older than you The good doctor did not invent it, he discovered it. It's a fungus that grows on rye plants and he was looking for something to combat it.
Don't you kids ever do research on your drugs?

]]> older than you http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/so_long_and_thanks_for_all_the_trips#c1009351 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/so_long_and_thanks_for_all_the_trips#c1009351 Drugs Tue, 29 Apr 2008 17:20:07 -0800 Comment by rocky @older than you: LSD itself is not a fungus, but rather a man-made chemical that is synthesized from lysergic acid, which is in turn derived from the ergot fungus. And Dr. Hoffman was not looking for something to combat ergot fungus, but rather searching for possible medical applications of ergot derivatives when he first discovered the drug.

]]> rocky http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/so_long_and_thanks_for_all_the_trips#c1009367 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/so_long_and_thanks_for_all_the_trips#c1009367 Drugs Tue, 29 Apr 2008 17:33:03 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle Sadly, LSD is the real cause for all the moralistic drug laws we suffer from in our society.

Sigh.

That said, they probably would have used something else to justify finding jobs for all the police to peer into our private lives ...

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/so_long_and_thanks_for_all_the_trips#c1009382 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/so_long_and_thanks_for_all_the_trips#c1009382 Drugs Tue, 29 Apr 2008 17:44:48 -0800 Comment by WeeWeeJumbo I can't do that stuff anymore--too many hard-luck bad trips--but at one time I really enjoyed it, and I distinctly remember the feeling that, in a better world, it could have been used to help people become better-adjusted.

I think a lot of users would probably agree with me on that, at least the ones who didn't burn out or do all their tripping at clubs.

]]> WeeWeeJumbo http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/so_long_and_thanks_for_all_the_trips#c1009411 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/so_long_and_thanks_for_all_the_trips#c1009411 Drugs Tue, 29 Apr 2008 18:03:03 -0800 Comment by Lev Lafayette I have little doubt that Dr. Hoffman's discovery is a beneficial technology and certainly better for the mind and body than many alternative 'recreational' chemicals. Despite the condemnation of some (usually from those who have little or no experience or knowledge of the drug), the overwhelming evidence suggests a net positive.

Thank you, Dr. Hoffman.

]]> Lev Lafayette http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/so_long_and_thanks_for_all_the_trips#c1009507 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/so_long_and_thanks_for_all_the_trips#c1009507 Drugs Tue, 29 Apr 2008 20:24:13 -0800 Comment by przxqgl i must have tripped at least 5000 times between 1980 and 1995, and i only had one bad trip, which i attribute to lack of planning and a "girlfriend" who was turning into the psycho-hose-beast-from-hell. RIP Dr. Al... 8(

]]> przxqgl http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/so_long_and_thanks_for_all_the_trips#c1009560 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/so_long_and_thanks_for_all_the_trips#c1009560 Drugs Tue, 29 Apr 2008 23:04:38 -0800 Comment by NapoleonXIV I want the Army to give me some LSD and a rocket launcher.

]]> NapoleonXIV http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/so_long_and_thanks_for_all_the_trips#c1009777 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/so_long_and_thanks_for_all_the_trips#c1009777 Drugs Wed, 30 Apr 2008 10:34:05 -0800 Comment by ray thorpe there is no such thing as a bad trip facinf up to your fears or issues is the key to growth and healing !

]]> ray thorpe http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/so_long_and_thanks_for_all_the_trips#c1010410 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/so_long_and_thanks_for_all_the_trips#c1010410 Drugs Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:26:23 -0800