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Hamilton's Pharmacopeia

Season 2 · 8 episodes · Nov 28, 2017

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    Episode 1

    The Psychedelic Toad

    Nov 28, 2017

    Hamilton 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

    Dec 5, 2017

    From 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

    Dec 12, 2017

    Hamilton investigates the pharmacology and traditional uses of Kratom, a Thai tree with opioid-containing leaves.

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    Episode 4

    Wizards of DMT

    Dec 19, 2017

    Hamilton 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

    Dec 26, 2017

    Hamilton 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

    Jan 2, 2018

    Hamilton 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

    Jan 9, 2018

    Hamilton 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

    Jan 16, 2018

    Deep 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.