Taking a trip into psychedelics.swissinfo,ch. March 21, 2008.Father of LSD celebrates 100th birthday The first ever World Psychedelic Forum opens on Friday in Basel highlighting renewed cultural and scientific interest in hallucinogens like LSD.Discovered by Swiss scientist Albert Hofmann, LSD – or lysergic acid diethylamide – fell from grace in the flower power 1960s, but a new medical study using the drug has just been approved.The three-day forum brings together around 50 international experts to debate "the multi-dimensional psychedelic experience with its tremendous potential for expanding consciousness and for self-awareness".[ See ]