Shulgin
Proper noun
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Shulgin (plural Shulgins)
A surname from Russian.
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Around 1970, Shulgin sent instructions for N-methylated MDA (MDMA) synthesis to the founder of a Los Angeles chemical company who had requested them.
Independent research In order to work with scheduled psychoactive chemicals, Shulgin obtained a DEA Schedule I license for an analytical laboratory, which allowed him to synthesize and possess any otherwise illicit drug.
Around this time, Shulgin began showing early signs of dementia, mostly severe loss of short-term memory.
Dow Chemical Company, in return for Zectran's valuable patent, gave Shulgin great freedom.
However, modern attempts to prepare a kykeon using ergot-parasitized barley have yielded inconclusive results, though Alexander Shulgin and Ann Shulgin describe both ergonovine and LSA to be known to produce LSD-like effects.
In his book PIHKAL, Shulgin limits his pesticide days at Dow Chemical to one sentence in 978 pages.