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Better Living Through Chemistry
0.0
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1h 27m
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2021
Overview
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.
Cast
![Ann Shulgin pic](/_next/image?url=%2F_next%2Fstatic%2Fmedia%2FPortraitPlaceholder.a8aff590.png&w=320&q=75)
Ann Shulgin
Self
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Alexander Shulgin
Self
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Tania Manning
Self
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Greg Manning
Self
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Brian Perry
Self - Ann's Son
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Renee Reeser Zelnick
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Mariavittoria Mangini
Self
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Jennifer Dumpert
Self
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Fire Erowid
Self
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Earth Erowid
Self
![David E. Presti pic](/_next/image?url=%2F_next%2Fstatic%2Fmedia%2FPortraitPlaceholder.a8aff590.png&w=320&q=75)
David E. Presti
Self
![Sunny Heartsong pic](/_next/image?url=%2F_next%2Fstatic%2Fmedia%2FPortraitPlaceholder.a8aff590.png&w=320&q=75)
Sunny Heartsong
Self
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Wendy Perry
Self - Ann's Daughter
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Paul F. Daley
Self
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Myron Stolaroff
Self
Recommendations
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