Who said 'Lucy' could be the only girl with kaleidoscope eyes?

[slimvictor]

Taking a trip down the lane of "new-wave" designer drug 2C-I


He sits relaxed in his foldable chair in a tropical spot in Mexico. Lines of palm trees decorate the white sand beach behind him and he is wearing a blouse and linen pants, obviously appropriate attire for such a place and time. Calm and composed, and not at all looking the way an older man who has “guinea-pigged” over 230 psychoactive drugs is expected to look, Alexander Shulgin is interviewed by Luc Sala, a Dutch author that does most of his research on psychedelic drugs.

“You have to realize what I’m searching for, which is not for altering consciousness, or for having fun or for enjoying this or for discovering that,” Shulgin said. “I’m looking for the tools that can be used for studying the mind and other people then will use the tools in finding out the aspects of the mental process and how it ties to the brain.”

Psychedelic drugs and Alexander Shulgin. It’s nearly impossible to refer to one without the other. Known as “the godfather of ecstasy,” Shulgin popularized MDMA and created, or as he calls it, “synthesized,” over 230 psychoactive compounds. 2C-I is one of them.

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http://www.cityonahillpress.com/201...ould-be-the-only-girl-with-kaleidoscope-eyes/

 

[Warm'nFuzzy]

dude a legend. hes wearing a blouse? isnt that womens attire?

 

[dankstersauce]

Make as much shit as Shulgin and you can wear whatever the fuck you want.

 

[fryingsquirrel]

I like 2c-i, but it's not his best work.

 

[villian]

2C-I isn't even in my top 5 phenethylamines

 

[Munroe]

Shulgin popularized MDMA and created, or as he calls it, “synthesized,” over 230 psychoactive compounds. 2C-I is one of them.

Why the emphasis on synthesized? Its the correct term.
In fact, the entire article is peppered with speech marks in places they're not at all required.

 

[stirfry]

Why the emphasis on synthesized? Its the correct term.
In fact, the entire article is peppered with speech marks in places they're not at all required.

Some "people" don't quite "get" when words "should" have "quotation" marks around them. Seriously though, I find it quite annoying when people do this. I'm no grammar Nazi, but it is a pet peeve of mine (The most annoying is when people use literally when they mean figuratively, I hear this constantly in people's speech. I fear it's making the word lose it's meaning. Also, it's annoying when irony is used incorrectly to describe coincidence. Local news casts seem to make that mistake all the time).

Mescaline, the principle active agent in peyote, was the first known psychedelic...However, mescaline was not synthesized as a psychedelic drug until 1919...

lolwut? Once again, the author doesn't seem to grasp what synthesized means.

It's refreshing that this wasn't the usual, Reefer-Madness-esque, "Killer New Drug!" sensationalism that is the norm for reporting on drugs, so it gets points for that. And I appreciate that it is from a student paper, but it wasn't a very well written article.

The paragraphs were kinda all over the place, jumping from one topic to another with no coherent flow or overarching order. Also, I feel it was too focused on legal issues while only briefly touching on (IMO) more interesting subjects, such as the psychological effects of psychedelic drugs, psychedelic drug culture or the societal impact of psychedelic drugs.

Overall, I give the article a C.

 

[Dragynfyr]

Overall, I give the article a C.

God I hope the author sees this