EPISODE · Jun 3, 2014 · 2 MIN

Ecstasy

from Quick Fire Science, from the Naked Scientists · host The Naked Scientists

This week, Alexander Shulgin, the so called 'Godfather of ecstasy' died peacefully in his sleep. The 88 year old is best known for introducing MDMA, the active molecule in ecstasy, to psychologists in the 1970s, and also synthesised and tested over 200 psychoactive substances during his lifetime. Here is your Quickfire Science on ecstasy with Ginny Smith and Georgia Mills Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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