Usage Note: Native American is now fully established in American English as an equivalent of Indian, being acceptable in all contemporary contexts and preferred in many. It is especially appropriate as a term of respect used by outsiders, who may have concerns that Indian could cause offense by its association with longstanding cultural stereotypes.
In Basel, Switzerland, Albert Hoffman, a Swiss chemist working at the Sandoz pharmaceutical research laboratory, accidentally consumes LSD-25, a synthetic drug he had created in 1938 as part of his research into the medicinal value of lysergic acid compounds.
Swiss scientist who invented LSD and had first ever 'bad trip' dies at 102. By ALEXANDRA WILLIAMS. Last updated at 21:14 30 April 2008. Pandora's box: Albert Hofmann, who first synthesised the psychedelic drug LSD. The scientist who discovered the psychedelic drug LSD has died aged 102.Albert Hofmann-the first person to experience an acid trip-had a heart attack at his home near Basel on Tuesday. Mr Hofmann had been working as a chemist studying ergot fungus when he stumbled on lysergic acid diethylamide in 1943.wiss scientist who invented LSD and had first ever 'bad trip' dies at 102. By ALEXANDRA WILLIAMS. Last updated at 21:14 30 April 2008. Pandora's box: Albert Hofmann, who first synthesised the psychedelic drug LSD. The scientist who discovered the psychedelic drug LSD has died aged 102.