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Drug discovery: Synthesized dreams

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Mike Jay contemplates the chemical legacy of Albert Hofmann, who first synthesized LSD 75 years ago.

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  1. Mike Jay is an author and historian who has written widely on the history of drugs, psychiatry and madness. His books include High Society: Mind-Altering Drugs in History and Culture, which accompanied the High Society exhibition he co-curated at the Wellcome Collection, London.,

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