Alexander ‘Sasha’ Shulgin, ‘Godfather of Ecstasy,’ Dies at 88
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Alexander “Sasha” Shulgin, a biochemist and former Dow Chemical Co. researcher who introduced psychologists to the drug MDMA and became known as “the godfather of ecstasy,” has died. He was 88.
He died on June 2 at his home in Lafayette, California, according to his wife, Ann Shulgin. The cause was liver cancer.