The Substance: Albert Hofmann's LSD

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... Read all

Director: Martin Witz

Cast:Trevor J. Roling , Hanspeter Müller , Mario Scarabelli , Albert Hofmann , Stanislav Grof , Martin A. Lee , James S. Ketchum , Franz X. Vollenweider , Ken Kesey , Carolyn Garcia , Timothy Leary , Ralph Metzner , Nick Sand , Ronald Reagan , John Lennon , Paul McCartney , Mick Jagger , Grateful Dead