From: Amara Graps (amara@amara.com)
Date: Thu Mar 06 2003 - 06:43:41 MST
For the best source of information on psychoactive substances I
recommend PiHKAL: A Chemical Love Story, by Alexander and Ann
Shulgin, 1991. Shulgin is perhaps the world's most prolific
researcher on the subject of psychedelics; the second half of this
~1000 page book consists of syntheses and descriptions of a rather
large number of phenethylamine derivatives, most of which are
active, and most of which were created by Shulgin himself. The
first half of the book is a beautiful love story and biography
about Alexander and Ann and Alexander's work.
As Shulgin says: "Be informed. Then choose."
Now the second half of PIHKAL is accessible from the Web
Phenethylamines i Have Known And Loved (PiHKAL)
Part 2: The Chemical Story
By Alexander Shulgin and Ann Shulgin
http://sites.inka.de/sites/bigred/misc/pihkal/
(The Copyright for Part 1 of PiHKAL has been reserved in all forms
and it may not be distributed. Part 2 of PiHKAL may be distributed
for non-commerical reproduction provided that this notice, the
cautionary notice and the ordering information are retained.)
And for all transhumans, I recommend this essay by
Shulgin in PiHKAL
Chapter 42, Lecture at the University
(on "The War on Drugs")
http://www.greenstranger.com/pihkal.htm
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You can learn more about Alexander Shulgin here
Interview with Shulgin
http://users.lycaeum.org/~paracel/NEUROMEDICA/People/Shulgin/shulgininterv.html
And ask him questions
http://www.cognitiveliberty.org/shulgin/
Ask Dr Shulgin online
Shulgin has a book titled TiKAL too, but I've not read that one yet.
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