Sasha Shulgin Godfather Of Ecstasy Dead Business Insider
Alexander "Sasha" Shulgin, the pioneering pharmacologist who introduced MDMA to psychologists in the 1970s, has died aged 88 after a battle with liver cancer.
Chemist Alexander Shulgin, popularizer of the drug Ecstasy, dies at 88 The Washington Post
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.
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'Godfather of ecstasy' Alexander Shulgin dies at 88 The Verge
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.
Alexander “Sasha” Shulgin A Retrospective Truffle Report
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.
Alexander „Sasha“ Shulgin Basel January 2006 © by LICHTBIL… Flickr
About Sasha. Alexander T. ("Sasha") Shulgin was a visionary chemist credited with creating over 150 new psychedelic compounds and with identifying the unique psychological properties of MDMA, well-known as the prototype for a class of drugs named "empathogens" (sometimes called "entactogens") for their abilities to generate feelings of empathy, compassion, and enhanced.
Alexander Shulgin, Psychedelia Researcher, Dies at 88 The New York Times
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.
Stoner Living Chronicle of Cannabis Culture, Legalized RIP Dr. Alexander 'Sasha' Shulgin
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.
This genius chemist spent 50 years creating psychedelic drugs in his home lab…for a good cause
Alexander Theodore " Sasha " Shulgin (June 17, 1925 - June 2, 2014) was an American medicinal chemist, biochemist, organic chemist, pharmacologist, psychopharmacologist, and author.
Alexander "Sasha" Shulgin, psychedelic pioneer, RIP / Boing Boing
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…
Goodbye Sasha Legendary Chemist Alexander Shulgin Dies at 88
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Alexander Shulgin, the researcher who transformed MDMA from an obscure chemical to a party drug known as Ecstasy, has died at his home in Northern California. He was 88, and the cause was liver.
Alexander "Sasha" Shulgin Synergetic Press
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.
'Godfather of ecstasy' Sasha Shulgin who introduced MDMA dies at 88 — RT USA News
When chemist Alexander "Sasha" Shulgin died Monday night at the age of 88, his legacy was quickly summed up in three words: "Godfather of Ecstasy.". It's the easiest characterization of the chemist because his '70s-era synthesis of the Ecstasy (3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine or MDMA) is the most well known of his work.
Alexander Shulgin, 'Godfather of Ecstasy', Dies At 88
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.
Altrove lentamente L’esperienza psichedelica di Alexander Shulgin
Standing in Shulgin's lab just days before his death I am struck by a dim sense that Alexander Shulgin, Sasha to his friends and family, might be the last of his kind. At 88 years of age Sasha Shulgin was the last holdout of the American gentlemen scientists, self-employed innovators in the mold of Albert Einstein or Nikola Tesla..
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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.