The Substance: Albert Hofmann's LSD 2012

Title: The Substance: Albert Hofmann's LSD
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Languages: German
Genres: Documentary, Biography, History,
Runtime: 1:30:00 Hour
Cast: Trevor J. Roling, Hanspeter Müller, Mario Scarabelli
Directors: Martin Witz
Rating: 7 (835 Votes)
Year: 2012
Summary: In 1943, Albert Hofmann discovered LSD. Fractions of a milligram are enough to turn our framework of time and space upside down. The story of a drug - its discovery in the Basel chemistry lab, the first experiments by Albert Hofmann on himself, the 1950s experiments of the psychiatrists, the consciousness researchers, the artists. Could it actually be possible to find a path to the core of our human existence by means of a chemical? Spirituality at the flick of a switch? Do the enigmatic effects of this drug really help us to better understand the human soul? Could LSD be an instrument of contemporary psychiatry? Of modern brain research?