Word: psilocybin
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...book (only 500 copies printed). Mushrooms, Russia and History. A French companion on their travels sent Hofmann specimens of one of the most potent mushrooms, Psyilocybe mexicana. From its little brown umbrella, perched on a delicate stem, Hofmann isolated the pure chemical (he calls it psilocybin) that induced his experimental hallucinations...
Sandoz will release psilocybin only to highly reputable medical investigators. To them, it means that they can now use a third chemically pure substance-in addition to LSD-25 and mescaline-to induce controllable symptoms like those of uncontrolled mental illness. From such studies they hope to find chemical cures...