Why LSD?

LSD (Lysergic Acid Diethylamide or acid, for short) has always been a fascinating topic for me. It's controversial usage and experimentation within both governments and curious people baffles me. How could one tiny strip of a drug change your mind's chemistry practically forever?

Albert Hofmann created the drug from a root grown near Germany in 1938 and found out its psychedelic properties 5 years later. It was introduced as a kind of medication in the late 40s. Funny enough, the Central Intelligance Agency grew curious about the drug and began testing it on individuals to see if it could be made into a weapon for and on the human mind (America at its finest). Even funnier enough, word soon broke out about the acid and started being used recreationally by the counterculture of the 1960s, ultimately beginning its prohibition. 

Of course, I've heard stories and read about what the drug does to the human mind. Whether it be expansion or something else entirely, it changes you. A giggling, tripped out mess of sweat and trembling; LSD is a force to be reckoned with. An excellent use for a plot point, I think that studying this drug during its cultural boom will surely help me with my opening.