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The α‑ethyl group that silenced a psychedelic and saved movement
A single α‑ethyl carbon in a backyard molecule turned a hallucinogen into a drug candidate - but Bristol Labs kept the record sealed; why?
The α‑ethyl group that silenced a psychedelic and saved movement
In this episode, we trace how one tiny chemical change reshaped a molecule's effects and followed its path from Alexander Shulgin's tests to Bristol Laboratories' Phase‑3 trials, asking what vanished when the data were locked away. What can be learned from the missing clinical record and the choices that buried it?
Person: Alexander Shulgin
Date: 1968-1976
Location: San Francisco hills…
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