Better Living Through Chemistry

In the 1970s, Dr. Alexander “Sasha” Shulgin significantly contributed to the development and psychopharmaceutical use of MDMA: a catalyst to personal doors entombed or unknown. His widow, co-author, and research partner, Ann—alongside friends, family, and colleagues—gives a guided tour of their life and laboratory, reflecting on how risks and revelations opened a world of compound enlightenment. Stippled with spirituality, sadness, and skepticism, the Shulgins’ chemical love story examines the power of psychedelic psychotherapy, sacred alchemy, and challenging the path of misunderstood resistance.

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  Connie Littlefield

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  Ann Shulgin
  Self
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  Alexander Shulgin
  Self
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  Tania Manning
  Self
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  Greg Manning
  Self
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  Brian Perry
  Self - Ann's Son
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  Renee Reeser Zelnick
  Self
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  Mariavittoria Mangini
  Self
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  Jennifer Dumpert
  Self
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  Fire Erowid
  Self
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  Earth Erowid
  Self
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  David E. Presti
  Self
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  Sunny Heartsong
  Self
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  Wendy Perry
  Self - Ann's Daughter
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  Paul F. Daley
  Self
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  Myron Stolaroff
  Self
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  Jean Stolaroff
  Self
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  Keeper Trout
  Self
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  Jason Tucker
  Self
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  Dechen Sherpa
  Self