The Substance: Albert Hofmann's LSD (2011)

Name: The Substance: Albert Hofmann's LSD
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2018-11-10T20:34:02+01:00
Rating: 3.29
Cast: Trevor J. Roling

Documentary | 90 minutes

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Genre: Documentary

Duration: 90 minuten

Alternative title: The Substance

Country: Switzerland / Germany

Directed by: Martin Witz

Starst: and James S. Ketchum

IMDb score: 7,1 (892)

Releasedate: 17 November 2011

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The Substance: Albert Hofmann's LSD plot

"One drop changes everything."

From miracle drug to child of concern, 'The Substance' shows the development of LSD from its discovery in 1943 by Swiss chemist Albert Hofmann to its California ban in 1966. Showing how the substance was experimented with within psychology and on the street , where it became the psychedelic symbol of the hippie movement. At the age of 100, discoverer Albert Hofmann speaks about his first "terrible experience" with the substance. There are also interviews with scientists, with a member of 'the merry pranksters' and with the self-taught LSD producer of guru Timothy Leary.