Ann Shulgin is a researcher and writer who, for three years, worked with psychedelics such as MDMA and 2C-B as a lay-therapist while they were still legal. She has unique and valuable insights into the beneficial effects that psychedelics can have in therapeutic contexts and has made herself a spokesperson for those therapists continuing with such work.

With her husband Sasha, she has co-authored the books PiHKAL and TiHKAL, and is currently working on a forthcoming book that dabbles in cactus quinoline alkaloids. Ann continues to speak at conferences, particularly about the therapeutic and healing potential of MDMA and psychedelics, and is a respected elder in the psychedelic community.