Ya this doesn't make any sense in any way. If they said "the chemist (Shulgin) who invented it switched out ATOMS in the molecule to vary the effect..." then it would have made sense.

Plus, as far as "no human animal experimentation", it's not like there is NO precedent for the use of this drug. It's been around a while, although no formal scientific studies on it's health effects have been undertaken.

Clearly this article is alarmist BS.