Father of LSD: Who is Albert Hofmann?

Father of LSD: Who is Albert Hofmann?

Albert Hofmann is a Swiss chemist who is the inventor of LSD, which is considered a narcotic and banned in many countries. Hofmann discovered the psychedelic LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide-25), used by millions of people from the hippie generation in the 1960s, in 1938 while researching the medicinal uses of mold fungi found in wheat and other grains at the pharmaceutical company Sandoz.