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Drug Positive


Welcome to Drug Positive with DanceSafe founder Emanuel Sferios. We are the risk reduction and benefit enhancement podcast removing shame and stigma to save lives and end the drug war.

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Aug 21, 2018

How was MDMA invented? Who came up with the idea to add a methyl group to MDA, the "hug drug" of the 1960s?  Forget the irrelevant Merck patent of 1913. We found the person who "thought up" MDMA as a recreational drug. In 1975, on a hunch, Carl R. suggested to Sasha Shulgin that they methylate MDA. Later that Summer, they made a batch of MDMA together in a UC Berkeley laboratory, and Carl and his girlfriend were the first people on the planet (that we know of) to try it.

This is part 2 of the secret history of MDMA, and this is the first time Carl tells his story to the world.

Carl in 1975

Carl in 1975

Carl in 2018

Carl in 2018