LSD: Quick Facts

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Facts

Also Known As	lysergic acid diethylamide • d-lysergic acid diethylamide • lysergide

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Portrait of Dr. Albert Hofmann, discoverer of LSD, wearing a collared shirt, tie, and jacket, looking directly at the camera.

Albert Hofmann

Swiss chemist

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Timothy Leary

American psychologist and author