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How LSD Works

May 5, 2016

01:42:57

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Albert Hofman

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The Fascination with Old-Timey Things

01:30

Owsley Stanley: The LSD Millionaire Sound Engineer of the Grateful Dead

01:29

The Experience of Taking LSD: College Students and ER Visits

01:26

Introduction

3min

Happy Bicycle Day

3min

The Myth of LSD

5min

The Myth of LSD

1min

The Effects of LSD Hysteria on Alcoholism

5min

The Importance of LSD 25

2min

The Hero of the Acid Trip

3min

The Effects of Dosing on Human Behavior

3min

Dellisid, De Lisaid, and Delysid: A History of the Drug

5min

10.

How to Make LSD

5min

11.

The Dangers of Ergot Alkaloids

2min

12.

The History of LSD

2min

13.

The Importance of Acid in Art

4min

14.

The Effects of Acid on the Brain

5min

15.

The Importance of Ayahuasca

3min

16.

The Importance of Knowing Your Money

2min

17.

The Effects of LSD on the Brain

3min

18.

The Effects of LSD on the Brain

2min

19.

The Effects of Acid on the Brain

5min

20.

The Acid Flashback Myth

3min

21.

The Toxic Dose of LSD

3min

22.

The Effects of LSD on Addiction

4min

23.

The Path of Least Resistance

5min

24.

The Daily Show's John Hodgman on Nostalgia

2min

25.

Nostalgia: The Most Toxic Impulse

2min

26.

Empathy and Nostalgia

2min

27.

The Importance of New Culture

5min

28.

The Dangers of Nostalgia

2min

29.

The Importance of Remembering the Past

2min

30.

The Trouble With Nostalgia

3min

31.

The Force Awakens

2min

32.

The Force Awakens

2min

33.

The Golden Age of Twitter

2min

34.

The Toxic Impulse of Nostalgia

2min

35.

The Best Thing You Ever Heard

2min

36.

The Street Stove: Hip Hop Lyrics and Quotes From the Greatest to Ever Grace a Microphone

2min

In 1943 Swiss chemist Albert Hofman discovered he'd created what may be the most potent hallucinogen known to humankind. Then he took a bike ride. Learn about the chemistry, neurology, history and cultural impact of LSD-25.

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Stuff You Should Know

How LSD Works

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The Fascination with Old-Timey Things

Owsley Stanley: The LSD Millionaire Sound Engineer of the Grateful Dead

The Experience of Taking LSD: College Students and ER Visits

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