Albert Hoffman's letter to Steve Jobs (LSD INVENTOR)

[Bennyboy]

http://www.thefix.com/content/steve-jobs-acid-lsd-apple-letter7002

Actual letter at link:

The transcript:

Dear Mr. Steve Jobs,

Hello from Albert Hofmann. I understand from media accounts that you feel LSD helped you creatively in your development of Apple Computers and your personal spiritual quest. I'm interested in learning more about how LSD was useful to you.

I'm writing now, shortly after my 101st birthday, to request that you support Swiss psychiatrist Dr. Peter Gasser's proposed study of LSD-assisted psychotherapy in subjects with anxiety associated with life-threatening illness. This will become the first LSD-assisted psychotherapy study in over 35 years, and will be sponsored by MAPS.

I hope you will help in the transformation of my problem child into a wonder child.

Sincerely
Albert Hofmann

[Gman]

1. That's friggin' stupid

giving acid to someone who's high anxiety already from having cancer. Someone can manage someone else's trip if there's is trust, but I still think this is real risky.

[Warren Stupidity]

3. Actual studies with psilocybin and advanced cancer patients have been done

and it turns out that this hallucinogenic is quite effective in treating the anxiety of the terminally ill.

http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/2010/09/08/psilocybin-found-to-ease-end-of-life-anxiety-in-small-study-of-patients-with-fatal-cancer/

[Gman]

4. Interesting

I just know you would never want to give acid to someone with issues. We used to trip responsibly! But apparently there's something too that. That's good too.

[Bluenorthwest]

5. Yes and Dr Hoffman was irresponsible, compared to your set?

He invented LSD, he was the world's first acid tripper.

[piratefish08]

7. it's been proven to be VERY effective, even with only one session, in curing PTSD.

but we don't want our soldiers well. just medicated.


edited to add - ^^^^^^^ speaking specifically to psilocybin - i'm sure there have been similar studies with lsd, but i'm not aware of the results.......

[Zorra]

2. Just think what Steve Jobs could have done if his brain had not been damaged

by his use of LSD.
:sarcasm:

[Morning Dew]

6. Yeah, really... that poor, poor man.

he could have made something of himself.

[piratefish08]

8. there are reasons that psychedelics will never be legal, and trust me, it has NOTHING to do with the

government concern for your health or safety..........


if psychedelics ever became available to the masses the results would be disastrous for governments the world over.

the world is experiencing the beginning of a shift in consciousness right now without psychedelics even being the catalyst......



there have been theories that 'magic mushrooms' played a pivotal role in our evolution 10Kish years ago, aiding in very fast development of our brains and creative skills.