A great man needs help
Hey, gang. Sasha Shulgin had a stroke. Please read on. He very likely has touched many of the lives of people on this list and needs our help...
Begin forwarded message:
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> From: Chicken
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> Date: Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 10:15 PM
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> Subject: I really love you guys. No, I really mean it...
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> OK, all kidding aside, this is serious. Here is a guy who served mankind.
> When his feet walked, he didn't walk in a city or a country. He walked on
> Earth. He let his conscience be his guide and he doesn't have a 401K, a
> pension and if there was ever 1 guy... just ONE man who was responsible for
> people telling each other that they loved each other and that epiphany that
> you get flying high as a kite... if you had to tally it all up, this guy
> wins. More then Jesus, who a billion people have been killed for and
> countless others enslaved... more then the peace movement just by the sheer
> fact that there are just more people now... more than EST, Landmark Forum
> and Dr. Wayne Fucking Dyer combined!!!!!
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>
> If you have ever done Extacy, MDMA, MDA... any of that stuff... and your
> eyes have been opened to a _______ ___________ of _________ that wasn't
> there before, please consider that you would have not ever had that
> experience if it wasn't for a guy who believed in the power of love and who
> trusted that this tool in the hands of the people was more important that
> his own financial security. He tested the drugs on himself! How fun!!!!
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> He had a stroke. He's broke. Of course he's broke. If drugs were legalized,
> he'd get royalties like wealthy musicians with fancy lawyers get. But he
> just gave it away. He was building the template for unrestricted generosity.
> Lets build that template with him. Send him $20. If all of your sent him
> $20, it would be $100,000. A hit of E is $20. Buy one for him.
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> I am paypaling the first $100 from the Ask Dr. Hal Show this week to
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annandsashashulgin@comcast.net. I believe that you passing this on and
> this guy getting the very best health care he can get from strangers
> is simply the most powerful thing that you, as a human being with a
> body and in internet connection can do.
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> PASS THIS ALONG. FORWARD THIS TO YOUR FRIENDS. YES, IT'S ABOUT DRUGS THAT
> ARE CURRENTLY ILLEGAL AND THAT PEOPLE ARE IN JAIL FOR MAKING AND
> DISTRIBUTING. CONTRIBUTE TO THE END OF THIS MADNESS. PASS THIS ON. LET SASHA
> KNOW THAT HIS WORK IS SOMETHING WE APPRECIATE.
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> This has been an attempt a world peace. Any understanding harvested as a
> result of this email will be used for that purpose...
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> I really love you guys. And that's not just the drugs talking....
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> chicken
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> here is the thing Joshua sent to me, which was forwarded from Greg, which I
> am forwarding to you... which you will forward:
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> Howdy y'all;
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> I think sometimes of the good that MDMA can do, and has done, for people I
> love and for humanity in general. Probably this is the case for you, too.
> I've seen people confront old and deep emotional injuries, learn to trust
> themselves, learn to be happy - you probably have your own such stories.
>
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> As you probably know, nearly all the modern psychedelics were invented by
> one man - Sasha Shulgin. You can read his story as he and his wife Ann wrote
> it, in their books, PiHKAL and TiHKAL, or any of the dozens of other books
> about him. He didn't invent MDMA, but did 'rediscover' it, and develop MDA,
> MDEA, DOM, 2CB, 2CI, and many others, as well as bioassay (self-test) them
> to ensure their safety and determine their effects. They would not exist,
> for anyone, without him. And this is leaving aside his contributions to
> biochemistry in general.
>
> Sasha has also donated countless pieces of autographed glassware from his
> lab, immortalized in Eric Davis' fantastic photos, to raise money for MAPS
> projects. (MAPS is the non-profit that is working on legalization of MDMA
> and making tremendous strides in treatment of PTSD and end-of-life anxiety
> in cancer patients. They work daily to make these medicines legal and to
> promote research into their effects on the mind and heart.) There is an
> effort on to transcribe his research notebooks - a project undertaken by
> Erowid, an organization that provides safe & true cutting edge information
> about drugs.
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> He devoted his life to designing these drugs and investigating the mind, and
> was never wealthy. He bore the brunt, emotional and financial, of government
> repudiation of psychedelics - he stood out, unrepentantly, and said what he
> thought, and kept working (that story is told in TiHKAL). And he's a witty
> and charming man, full of whimsy and smarts. Imagine the bay area, burning
> man, ecstatic dance, without him. His is a life that has made ours
> immeasurably better.
>
> Now Sasha needs help. Tuesday he had a stroke. Donations are being accepted
> to help pay their medical costs, and I entreat you to ask yourself what you
> would do if the man who made all this possible was in front of you and
> needed help. Because he does. Here's the email from family friend, Greg.
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> Much love;
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>
> Joshua
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> PLEASE HELP, SASHA NEEDS YOUR SUPPORT
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> Hello Everyone ~ Yesterday, on the way to the hospital for a scheduled test,
> Sasha had a stroke. He has been struggling for six months with an ulcer on
> his left foot that won't heal, hoping to avoid amputation. Sasha & Ann have
> been in serious financial trouble for some years, and the coming medical
> bills will be a burden they can't bear alone. Please, express your gratitude
> for all the work that Sasha has done, for everything he has given to the
> world, and give something back. Think of all the ways that your life, and
> the lives of others, have been healed, transformed, and bettered by this
> wonderful man. He needs your help now. No amount is too small or too large.
> Please give until it feels good...not until it hurts.
>
>
> For non-tax-deductible contributions: Paypal $ to
annandsashashulgin@comcast.net
> or
> snailmail: Sasha Shulgin, c/o Transform Press, PO Box 13675, Berkeley CA
> 94712.
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> For tax-deductible online donations to support the completion of Shulgin
> publishing projects that are underway: <
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Erowid Donations : The Shulgin Collection (Shulgin Archives)
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Erowid Donations : The Shulgin Collection (Shulgin Archives)
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> Please spread this information.
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> Thank you and all my love,
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> Greg Manning
www.shroomery.org
he's definitely a hero in some circles.
Sorry for double post hehe. Good to know actually that there is discussion already about it, glad people are interested in him. He is an un-sung hero 
