LSD might have came of age in the counter culture of the 60s and the 70s, but it’s birthing room was an earnest lab in war-torn Europe. The accidental discovery of its profound effects by a brilliant young Swiss chemist on a deranged bike ride serves as a fascinating example of how we humans tend to lurch forward out of our own ignorance through a process of chance observation chased up by planned investigation, occasionally yielding an actual discovery.

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MDMA does not carry the same degree of cultural baggage as its’ more hallucinogenic stablemates. As the campaign to promote this compound as a legitimate mainstay of psychiatric treatment gathers momentum, how can we ensure that the cultural conversation threads the needle between irrational over-exuberance and reactionary ignorance?

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