April 19, 2007 by Doc ALEXANDER (SASHA) SHULGIN » Palenque, 1996 Sasha Shulgin, renowned biochemist and the ‘father’ of designer drugs, explaining why he discovers psychedelic substances. Filmed at a Botanic Preservation Corp Symposium in Palenque, Mexico, in 1996: [youtube QD260LPqHKA] RECOMMENDED READING: