Editing Alexander Shulgin (section)

== Legacy ==
In a 2014 [[Review article|review]] of the [[chemical synthesis|synthesis]] of [[designer drug]]s, the effects of Shulgin's work were described as "by far the most far-reaching" effects associated with the cultural climate of interest at the time in hallucinogenic compounds generally and mescaline in particular, with which various artists and writers had experimented. Shulgin said that mescaline made him aware of a world submerged in human spirit, whose "availability" was "catalyzed" by such chemicals; the consequences of his insights were called "devastating" by the reviewers. In the same review, an example of his insights was given by his description of MDMA as "his low-calorie Martini".<ref name="pmid24823967">{{cite journal | vauthors = Appendino G, Minassi A, Taglialatela-Scafati O | title = Recreational drug discovery: natural products as lead structures for the synthesis of smart drugs | journal = Natural Product Reports | volume = 31 | issue = 7 | pages = 880–904 | date = July 2014 | pmid = 24823967 | doi = 10.1039/c4np00010b | url = https://www.researchgate.net/publication/262304038 | access-date = September 3, 2019 | archive-date = September 28, 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200928144853/https://www.researchgate.net/publication/262304038_Recreational_drug_discovery_Natural_products_as_lead_structures_for_the_synthesis_of_smart_drugs | url-status = live }}</ref>