Hamilton's Pharmacopeia (2016)
Join an incredible journey through the history, chemistry and societal impacts of the world’s most extraordinary drugs.
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Episode 1 - The Psychedelic Toad
Release Date: 2017-11-28Hamilton embarks on a quest to answer the most important question in ethnoherpetological history and along the way, he finds the power of love.
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Episode 2 - Peyote: The Divine Messenger
Release Date: 2017-12-05From the greenhouses of Thai cactophiles to the Tamaulipan thornscrub, Hamilton traces the history of peyote with the help of a Native American peyotist.
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Episode 3 - Kratom: The Forbidden Leaf
Release Date: 2017-12-12Hamilton investigates the pharmacology and traditional uses of Kratom, a Thai tree with opioid-containing leaves.
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Episode 4 - Wizards of DMT
Release Date: 2017-12-19Hamilton travels across North America to study how and why DMT exists in the environment and the laboratory.
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Episode 5 - Ketamine: Realms and Realities
Release Date: 2017-12-26Hamilton heads to India to see industrial Ketamine synthesis, and speak with therapists and luminaries in an attempt to understand the role of dissociative anesthetics in society.
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Episode 6 - A Clandestine Chemist's Tale
Release Date: 2018-01-02Hamilton meets an unsung hero of the psychedelic underground and hears a tragic tale of MDMA synthesis and chemiluminescence.
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Episode 7 - A Fungal Fairy Tale
Release Date: 2018-01-09Hamilton ascends the Carpathian Mountains, microscope in hand, to learn how Europeans use Amanita muscaria, and uncovers the chemistry behind a mushroom-inspired pharmaceutical.
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Episode 8 - The Cactus Apprentice
Release Date: 2018-01-16Deep in the Andean highlands of Peru, Hamilton becomes the apprentice of a local shaman, learning how to use the night-blooming San Pedro cactus as a medicine.