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		dekhn on June 26, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Chemical space is really big (2014) LSD wasn't exactly created "by accident". Hoffman already knew that molecules with a similar structure had psychoactive effects, he was trying to maximize the potency.

fuzzfactor on June 27, 2021 [–]

Was he the first one to take it and ingested it by accident?

That might be what I am mis-remembering.

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