'Godfather of ecstasy' Alexander Shulgin dies at 88 The Verge

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Alexander Theodore " Sasha " Shulgin (June 17, 1925 - June 2, 2014) was an American medicinal chemist, biochemist, organic chemist, pharmacologist, psychopharmacologist, and author.

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Alexander (Sasha) Shulgin, the brilliant miscreant chemist who discovered scores of psychedelic drugs — including MDMA (or "Ecstasy," which he called a "low-calorie martini" — was dubbed one of the century's most important scientists by Timothy Leary. Working from a lab behind his Lafayette home on "the Farm," he and his wife Ann, with occasional…

'Godfather of ecstasy' Alexander Shulgin dies at 88 The Verge

Alexander "Sasha" Shulgin, I learned later, was a top-rank researcher for Dow Chemical in 1960 when he ingested a psychedelic compound—mescaline—for the first time. Shulgin found the experience.

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news. Dr. Alexander Shulgin, the influential and beloved psychedelic pioneer, has passed away at the age of 88. He died of liver cancer on Monday, 2 June, surrounded by family and friends at his home in California. Shulgin had suffered declining health in the past few years, including a stroke and the onset of dementia beginning in 2010.

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Alexander Theodore Shulgin, who was known as Sasha to friends, was born in Berkeley, Calif., on June 17, 1925. His parents were teachers, and he was a precocious student, entering Harvard at 16.

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Alexander "Sasha" Shulgin, a chemist and psychopharmacologist who introduced the world to the drug MDMA — later called Ecstasy — while creating hundreds of other psychedelic drugs that ultimately.

'Godfather of ecstasy' Sasha Shulgin who introduced MDMA dies at 88 — RT USA News

Dr. Alexander "Sasha" Theodore Shulgin or "Shura" was an American chemist, pharmacologist, psychopharmacologist, and author. Over the span of 50 years, he created more new psychedelic drugs than any other known person to date - nearly 250 by his own accounts. [1]

Alexander "Sasha" Shulgin, psychedelic pioneer, RIP / Boing Boing

In April 1960, a Dow Chemicals biochemist named Alexander Shulgin consumed 400mg of a compound called mescaline, and had his first psychedelic experience. He saw "hundreds of nuances of color" that he had never seen before. "The world amazed me," Shulgin later wrote. "I saw it as I had when I was a child.

Alexander “Sasha” Shulgin A Retrospective Truffle Report

Mike Power @mrmichaelpower Tue 3 Jun 2014 08.58 EDT Alexander "Sasha" Shulgin, who has died aged 88, was a pioneering and fearless scientist, but his chosen discipline - the design and synthesis.

Alexander Shulgin, 'Godfather of Ecstasy', Dies At 88

Ann Shulgin, who alongside her husband, Alexander Shulgin, developed and experimented with hundreds of psychedelic drugs that he concocted in his California laboratory, then showed readers.

Goodbye Sasha Legendary Chemist Alexander Shulgin Dies at 88

Alexander Shulgin wasn't the first man to synthesize MDMA. But in 1976, his experiments at his longtime home in Berkeley, California led to an epiphany: Not only did he find a novel way to synthesize it, he loved how it made him feel. "I am afraid to turn around and face the mountains, for fear they will overpower me.

This genius chemist spent 50 years creating psychedelic drugs in his home lab…for a good cause

Tue 3 Jun 2014 11.55 EDT. It's quite a trip to visit maverick pharmacologist Dr Alexander Shulgin and his collaborator and wife, Ann, at their rustic home in California. It is a warm secluded.

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Alexander "Sasha" Shulgin, the pioneering pharmacologist who introduced MDMA to psychologists in the 1970s, has died aged 88 after a battle with liver cancer.

Pesquisador que popularizou o ecstasy morre aos 88 anos Revista Galileu Ciência

Alexander T. Shulgin (June 17, 1925-June 2, 2014), known to friends and admirers as "Sasha", was a biochemist and pharmacologist best known for his synthesis, creation, and personal bioassay of hundreds of novel psychoactive compounds. Sasha was born in Berkeley, California. He first began his study of organic chemistry at Harvard University.

Alexander Shulgin, Psychedelia Researcher, Dies at 88 The New York Times

Alexander "Sasha" Shulgin, the chemist and pharmacologist known for creating hundreds of psychoactive drugs and popularising MDMA, has died at his home aged 88. Shulgin, known as the Godfather of Ecstasy, died from liver cancer, having already been suffering a spate of ill health down the years, including a stroke and the early stages of dementia.

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