this from reuters: eggs, not lsd, are the secret to a long life:
BASEL, Switzerland (Reuters) - The 100-year-old Swiss chemist who discovered the psychedelic drug LSD said on Friday the secret to his longevity was the eggs he eats for breakfast and not the mind-bending drug.
Albert Hofmann, who celebrated his centenary on Wednesday, rejected the idea that the drug had prolonged his life, despite taking his first trip in the mid-1940s and his last just three years ago.
Instead, Hofmann revealed the secret of his longevity was the two raw eggs he eats with his muesli for breakfast.
“In an egg there is everything a being needs to develop — vitamins, minerals and hormones,” he said.
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Although best known as a recreational drug, LSD was used in the United States as a psychotherapy treatment in the 1950s before it was banned by the U.S. government.
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“It is still my problem child,” Hofmann said. “But very often they turn into wonder children. I hope that it can be possible in time for LSD to find the place in society that it deserves.”
At his centenary celebrations on Wednesday, Hofmann put his name to an appeal launched by the symposium’s organizers to legalize the drug for clinical and scientific use, which will be lodged with authorities in Europe and the United States.
thank goodness. again, that lines up nicely with getting a “egg and muffin toaster” instead of a “acid and muffin drug lab” for xmas.
and plus, you don’t have to worry so much about overdosing on eggs as opposed to acid. unless you eat, say, six hard boiled eggs in a row and get painful heartburn. not that i’ve ever done that before. because that would be ridiculous.
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