Alexander Shulgin

Alexander Shulgin was an American chemist, biochemist, and pharmacologist known for his work in the field of psychedelic drugs. He is best known for introducing MDMA (ecstasy) to psychologists in the late 1970s for therapeutic use. Shulgin synthesized and tested hundreds of psychoactive compounds, documenting his findings in books such as 'PiHKAL' and 'TiHKAL'.