LSD: Was it discovered or created ?
The never-ending question Does LSD naturally grow on rye?! I keep reading it in only posts and even on news pages. Even my own friends try to tell me all the, how LSD (Lysergic acid diethyl amide) was discovered. I can't help but feel tired after telling everyone the same thing over and over again: LSD was created - not discovered. To end this bottomless debate once and for all, I feel compelled to write this detailed deconstruction of this popular myth. Why do people believe that LSD was discovered ? To be honest, I can't even blame them. Even the creator of LSD himself, Dr. Albert Hofmann is famously quoted to have said: "I didn't discover LSD... the LSD came to me" Dr. Hofmann surely didn't think much when he made this claim in front of mainstream journalist. However, out of all people, Dr. Hofmann surely knew that he created it. More fuel for this misconception that LSD was the product of Dr. Hofmann's research on (the compounds conta
