This Week in Psychedelic Culture
This week in psychedelic culture: MDMA can treat autism, the stages of Ayahuasca experience, getting off prescription drugs for mental health, a Sasha Shulgin Memorial and entheodelic myth making with Benton Rooks & Rak Razam.
Psychedelic hero Alexander Shulgin nearing death
David Pescovitz writes: “Our best wishes and deep respect to psychedelic pioneer and maverick chemist Alexander ‘Sasha’ Shulgin who is preparing for his final trip on Earth; he is surrounded by love and a lot of laughter.”
The Second Psychedelic Revolution Part One: The End of Acid
The psychedelic movement is now entering a renaissance. How did this psychedelic revolution come about? What are its goals and its ideals? Are they different from the first psychedelic revolution of the 1960’s, or is this just fashion reinventing itself?
Off-Label Ethics
The pharmacologist David Nichols explains his internal struggle with the off-label use of the products of his psychedelic research.
Sasha Shulgin Needs Our Help
Sasha Shulgin, the pioneering pharmacologist and chemist, has suffered a stroke and needs the support of our community.
Born Illegal: The Shulgins and 2C-I
Sasha and Ann Shulgin on phenethylamine compounds, the ‘alchemy of medicinal chemistry,’ and the Federal Analogue Act.
