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Crimson Dynamo
03-06-2014, 04:56 PM
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 cancer, .

, Shulgin's wife and collaborator, Ann Shulgin, said:

"Sasha died today, at exactly 5 o'clock in the afternoon. He was surrounded by family and caretakers and Buddhist meditation music, and his going was graceful, with almost no struggle at all."


http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/06/03/318458639/alexander-shulgin-the-godfather-of-ecstasy-dies-at-88

http://media.npr.org/assets/img/2014/06/03/17661586_h1729591-cb613e99c383a6436972bbe65b77309571966203-s3-c85.jpghttp://ecstasy.org/testing/images/6.jpg


Doves were the bomb

arista
03-06-2014, 06:19 PM
He had a good run

Crimson Dynamo
03-06-2014, 06:37 PM
88 is a fine innings and he gave pleasure to millions. He cost me a few bob in the 90s. :dance:

Ramsay
03-06-2014, 06:43 PM
RIP lad. you've brought me many good times

arista
03-06-2014, 07:02 PM
RIP lad. you've brought me many good times


true for some

Z
04-06-2014, 06:20 PM
Mr Ebeneezer Goode himself