Timeline of Psychedelic Featured Events

October 1990

“PiHKAL: A Chemical Love Story” is Published

Alexander and Ann Shulgin publish "PiHKAL: A Chemical Love Story."

October 1, 1970

CSA Places Hallucinogens on Schedule I

The Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act is passed by the US Congress and psilocybin, LSD, and other hallucinogens are placed on Schedule I.

August 1960

Timothy Leary First Tries Psychedelic Mushrooms

Timothy Leary first ingests psilocybin-containing mushrooms in Cuernavaca, Mexico.

1958

Albert Hofmann Isolates Psilocybin and Psilocin

Albert Hofmann isolates psilocybin and psilocin from mushrooms.

June 10, 1957

R. Gordon Wasson Coins the Term “Magic Mushroom”

This is the first popular media coverage of the existence of magic mushrooms.

November 16, 1938

Albert Hofmann First Synthesizes LSD-25

Albert Hofmann synthesizes LSD-25 for the first time while working at Sandoz Laboratories in Switzerland.

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