Albert Hofmann calculated that one teaspoon of LSD could affect 50,000 people. He arrived at that figure after accidentally absorbing a trace amount through his skin at the Sandoz laboratory in Basel ...

Albert Hofmann, the Swiss chemist who first synthesized LSD, spent decades exploring nature’s chemical secrets. His curiosity led to groundbreaking discoveries, from ergot alkaloids to the structure ...

GENEVA (AP) -- Albert Hofmann, the father of the mind-altering drug LSD whose medical discovery inspired -- and arguably corrupted -- millions in the 1960s hippie generation, has died. He was 102.