Better Living Through Chemistry (2021)
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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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Ann Shulgin
Self
Alexander Shulgin
Self
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Tania Manning
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Greg Manning
Self
Brian Perry
Self - Ann's Son
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Renee Reeser Zelnick
Self
Mariavittoria Mangini
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Jennifer Dumpert
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Fire Erowid
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Earth Erowid
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David E. Presti
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Sunny Heartsong
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Wendy Perry
Self - Ann's Daughte...
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Paul F. Daley
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Myron Stolaroff
Self