Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), also known as acid, was accidentally discovered in the late 1930s by a pharmaceutical researcher. Not getting the results he wanted initially, Albert Hofmann ...

The acid tests of 1960s San Francisco have morphed into something quite different in today’s Silicon Valley. Mind-altering trips have given way to subtle productivity boosts purportedly caused by tiny ...

It’s no secret that being on acid — also known as LSD, or lysergic acid diethylamide — can make the mundane seem full of meaning, but now we may know why. And not only that, scientists may have ...

LSD, also known as “acid,” is a drug that causes hallucinations and other effects lasting up to 12 hours. Just why LSD’s effects are so long-lasting has previously perplexed scientists, until now.

If you decide to drop acid, you’ll want to clear your schedule: A trip on lysergic acid diethylamide can last anywhere between six and 20 hours. Why acid trips last so long has been a mystery — until ...

Magic Mushrooms and LSD both fall into the same category of drugs: Hallucinogens. Some hallucinogens can be used to treat anxiety and PTSD. Others will make you trip balls. But the two most popular ...

Acid is human-made and developed from a substance found in ergot, which is a fungus. Its name is lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), and it can last up to 12 hours Acid is a colorless, odorless liquid.

Bicycle Day is observed around the world on April 19th, though it’s not exactly a celebration of the bicycle. Instead, the international holiday honors the fortuitous trip made on a bicycle on the day ...

In November 1956, three people gathered in a converted Connecticut barn to take LSD, a powerful psychedelic drug that was legal at the time. The children had just been put to bed upstairs. In the ...

This day—April 19—is the 78th anniversary of the first-ever acid trip. It is affectionately referred to by psychonauts around the globe as Bicycle Day. The psychedelic compound LSD is known primarily ...