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Dr. Alexander Shulgin first tries mescaline at 350 mg. 16, 17 [Details] Notebook 4, page 471 April 2 1960. 350mg of mescaline administered orally at 9:15A.M. Subjects: A.T. Shulgin, Robert Thompson, Nina Shulgin Observers: Taylor + Veronica Wolf, Henry Brock. There is some confusion around this because he told an LA Times Reporter I first explored mescaline in the late '50s, Shulgin says. Three-hundred-fifty to 400 milligrams. I learned there was a great deal inside me, he replies. However PIHKAL indicates his first mescaline trip was in April 1960 at 400mg, but the hand written notes in Pharmacology Notes IV gives 350mg as the dose. However, a different notebook records a different mescaline trip on April 16, 1960 with just ATS and one observer (DP) where the dose taken was 400mg. We assume that his offhand remark to a reporter about the '50s was just a small memory error and the confusion between 350 and 400mg as his first dose is of no historical importance. [...] 16. Shulgin AT. Pharmacology Notes IV. Page 471. 17. Shulgin AT, Shulgin A. PiHKAL: A Chemical Love Story. Transform Press. 1991.
Shulgin tested for activity by taking the chemicals himself ... Most of the scientific community considers Shulgin at best a curiosity and at worst a menace. Now, however, near the end of his career, his faith in the potential of psychedelics has at least a chance at vindication. A little more than a month ago, the Food and Drug Administration approved a Harvard Medical School study looking at whether MDMA can alleviate the fear and anxiety of terminal cancer patients. And next month will mark a year since Michael Mithoefer, a psychiatrist in Charleston, S.C., started his study of Ecstasy-assisted therapy for post-traumatic stress disorder.
1960: April 16th Alexander Shulgin ingested 400mg of mescaline sulfate for the first time. The experience "unquestionably confirmed the entire direction of my life". He would go on to create over 200 new psychedelic compounds.
Shulgin tested for activity by taking the chemicals himself ... Most of the scientific community considers Shulgin at best a curiosity and at worst a menace. Now, however, near the end of his career, his faith in the potential of psychedelics has at least a chance at vindication. A little more than a month ago, the Food and Drug Administration approved a Harvard Medical School study looking at whether MDMA can alleviate the fear and anxiety of terminal cancer patients. And next month will mark a year since Michael Mithoefer, a psychiatrist in Charleston, S.C., started his study of Ecstasy-assisted therapy for post-traumatic stress disorder.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)Dirty Pictures: a documentary about Dr. Alexander Sasha Shulgin, the rogue chemist who discovered the effects of MDMA (aka Ecstasy) and over 200 other mind-altering drugs. Shulgins alchemy has earned him the title "The Godfather of Psychedelics," and a reputation as one of the great chemists of the 20th century.[dubious – discuss]