yee put on a live concert of your favorite banddj , take a bathshower , dance , smoke that doob <| sep |> Meanwhile in Louisiana where some real could could actually be done . <| sep |> Nice try CIA , but my resea . LSD was first made by Albert Hofmann in Switzerland in 1938 from ergotamine , a chemical from the fungus , ergot . The laboratory name for the compound was the acronym for the German Lysergsuredithylamid , followed by a sequential number LSD 25 . Hofmann discovered its psychedelic properties in 1943 . LSD was introduced as a commercial medication under the tradename Delysid for various psychiatric uses in 1947 . In the 1950 s , officials at the U . S . Central Intelligence Agency CIA thought the drug might be useful for mind control and chemical warfare and tested the drug on young servicemen and students , and others without their knowledge . Oh , right . Just tested it on servicemen , and the general public without their knowledge . Close enough .