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Mvandenbergh on Feb 13, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: Psilocybin shows success in medical trials

>Huxley himself would famously request and receive a large intravenous dose of LSD on his own deathbed the following year.

No, it was intramuscular. His last written request (he was no longer able to speak) was " "LSD, 100 µg, IM".

gnosis on Feb 13, 2013 [–]

The story of Aldous Huxley's death and his wife's decision to administer LSD to him is very touching and well worth reading.[1]

[1] - https://www.erowid.org/culture/characters/huxley_laura/huxle...

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