<i>...Naranjo's partner, Alexander Shulgin, synthesized the more commonly known MDMA, which proved to be less hallucinogenic and less toxic than its original formation.</i><p>Shulgin synthesized a variety of phenethylamines (of which MDMA is a member) and tryptophans, tested them on himself, then wrote detailed experimental procedures, including his own subjective responses to what he had made.<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PiHKAL" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PiHKAL</a><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TiHKAL" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TiHKAL</a>
I am reminded of this[0] piece, of when heroin was available by prescription in the UK, prior to the war on drugs.<p>[0]: <a href="https://www.vice.com/en_uk/article/yw4nnk/when-boots-prescribed-heroin-the-uk-did-drug-policy-right" rel="nofollow">https://www.vice.com/en_uk/article/yw4nnk/when-boots-prescri...</a>
Interesting, guess there's more truth to fiction than I suspected. There was an episode of Mad Men where a major character and his wife take LSD during counseling.<p>[1] <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Far_Away_Places_(Mad_Men)" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Far_Away_Places_(Mad_Men)</a>