The mind-altering drug LSD is an unlikely subject for a 100th birthday party.
Yet Swiss chemist Albert Hofmann, father of the "problem child" and first human guinea pig of LSD, is celebrating his centenary Wednesday in good health and planning to attend an international scientific meeting on the hallucinogenic, which inspired a generation of flower children as it worried their parents.
"I sat down at home on the divan and started to dream," Hofmann told Swiss television network SF DRS about his first experience with LSD. "I had wonderful visions. What I was thinking appeared in colors and in pictures. It lasted for a couple of hours and then it disappeared."
Hofmann, who also has had bad experiences with the drug, continues to insist that the controversial substance should be used as a medical treatment, particularly for psychiatric research. But LSD's reputation has been as turbulent as some acid trips.
I don't think the insurance companies are going to foot the bill for this "therapy."
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