In 1943, a chemist in Switzerland synthesized a drug that alters consciousness. His discovery changed the study of medicine, ...

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Nina Hagen was not a punk in my youth. She says she was more of a hippie, more of a Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weillian.

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LSD began with an accident — a chemist absorbed a tiny amount of a compound he barely understood. What followed was a journey that would reshape science, psychology, and global culture for decades.