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Alexander shulgin and ann shulgin, published in 1991. In their new book, love is the drug, oxford ethicists brian earp and julian savulescu point out that this neglected aspect of love the biochemical processes that lie behind it is just as important as its social or psychological structures. The book is at its most impressive when considering the moral, social and pragmatic issues concerned with scientific development. The main title, pihkal, is an acronym that stands for phenethylamines i have known and loved. Finding a book when youve forgotten its title by gwen glazer, communicationsnovember 22, 2017. She has perfect hair, the perfect boyfriend, and a. Scandalously, western medicine tends to ignore the interpersonal effects of drug based interventions. Studies in rats suggest the drug causes a brain surge of oxytocin. Ecstasy really does unleash the love hormone new scientist.
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