Father of LSD, Albert Hofmann dies at 102

GENEVA, April 30 (AFP):

Albert Hofmann, the Swiss chemist who discovered the now-banned hallucinogenic drug LSD that was an icon of the Hippy movement, has died at the age of 102, authorities said on Wednesday. The scientist, born in Baden in northern Switzerland in 1906, worked for chemicals company Sandoz from 1929 to 1971. He discovered LSD by chance while researching medicinal plants, trying to synthesise their active components in the hope of discovering a stimulant for the respiratory and circulatory systems.