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> [I, as a responsible adult human being, will never concede the power to anyone to regulate my choice of what I put into my body, or where I go with my mind. From the skin inwards is my jurisdiction, is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-shulgin/i-as-a-responsible-adult-human-being-will-never-concede-the-power-to/)

[Alexander Shulgin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-shulgin/)

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## More by Alexander Shulgin

> [If I had a vision of the perfect psychedelic drug and knew its structure, I'd make it. That's why I have a laboratory out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-shulgin/if-i-had-a-vision-of-the-perfect-psychedelic-drug-and-knew-its/)

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> [MDMA, it was beginning to be apparent, could be all things to all people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-shulgin/mdma-it-was-beginning-to-be-apparent-could-be-all-things-to-all-people/)

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> [How he could be a good user of LSD," I asked, "And know about the spiritual dimension - all that sort of thing -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-shulgin/how-he-could-be-a-good-user-of-lsd-i-asked-and-know-about-the/)

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> [How long will this last, this delicious feeling of being alive, of having penetrated the veil which hides beauty and the wonders of celestial…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-shulgin/how-long-will-this-last-this-delicious-feeling-of-being-alive-of/)

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> [ I'm called the Godfather \[of Ecstacy\] because I published for the first time information about its effects in man. I feel content with the… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-shulgin/i-m-called-the-godfather-of-ecstacy-because-i-published-for-the-first/)

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> [Psychedelic drugs don't change you - they don't change your character - unless you want to be changed. They enable change; they can't impose…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-shulgin/psychedelic-drugs-don-t-change-you-they-don-t-change-your-character/)

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> [The most compelling insight of that day was that this awesome recall had been brought about by a fraction of a gram of a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-shulgin/the-most-compelling-insight-of-that-day-was-that-this-awesome-recall/)

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> [I think when you die, you die.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-shulgin/i-think-when-you-die-you-die/)

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> [The potential of the psychedelic drugs to provide access to the interior universe, is, I believe, their most valuable property.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-shulgin/the-potential-of-the-psychedelic-drugs-to-provide-access-to-the/)

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> [ Know what \[drug\] you're using, decide just why you're using it, and you can have a rich experience. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-shulgin/know-what-drug-you-re-using-decide-just-why-you-re-using-it-and-you/)

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> [ ... How is it \[, then\] that the leaders of our society have seen fit to try to eliminate this one very important means… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-shulgin/how-is-it-then-that-the-leaders-of-our-society-have-seen-fit-to-try/)

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> [I understood that our entire universe is contained in the mind and the spirit. We may choose not to find access to it, we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-shulgin/i-understood-that-our-entire-universe-is-contained-in-the-mind-and/)

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> [It is essential that our present negative propaganda regarding psychedelic drugs be replaced with honesty and truthfulness about their effects, both good and bad.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-shulgin/it-is-essential-that-our-present-negative-propaganda-regarding/)

[Alexander Shulgin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-shulgin/)

> [Scheduling of drugs is a government problem, not our problem. They want to schedule something, that's their problem. My feeling of creation is to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-shulgin/scheduling-of-drugs-is-a-government-problem-not-our-problem-they-want/)

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> [Some part of me can't wait to see what life's going to come up with next! Anticipation without the usual anxiety. And underneath it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-shulgin/some-part-of-me-can-t-wait-to-see-what-life-s-going-to-come-up-with/)

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