The Tripmaster

The TripmasterDr. Alexander Shulgin knows his drugs. Timothy Leary even called him one of "the most important scientists of the 20th century." A 77-year-old genius biochemist who once worked for Dow Chemical, Shulgin introduced the world to ecstasy and invented foxy and dozens of other obscure psychedelics. But Shulgin, who works closely with his wife, Ann, doesn't just fire up the Bunsen burner in his secluded northern California lab. He has tripped thousands of times over the years....