Chemistry

This season, Hamilton crisscrosses the globe to dissect the world’s most intriguing substances including DMT, Peyote, Kratom and hunts down the Bufo Alvarius (a species of Toad known to be hallucinogenic).

During Hamilton's stay with famous Shaman Cipriano Zurita Neira, he witnesses a San Pedro cactus healing process.

Hamilton meets with Vasyl, a forest hermit who can help him in his quest for the fly agarics mushroom.

In this deleted scene from HAMILTON'S PHARMACOPEIA, Hamilton meets with Marina Masic of Lumina NY to receive light therapy that provides a similar experience to DMT.

Hamilton meets with to learn about Peyote's long and complicated plant history.

Hamilton speaks with Dr. Martin Terry, a cactus expert and conservationist, about his plant collection.

Hamilton meets with members of the Yaqui tribe and witnesses their ceremonial dance and speaks with them about "toad medicine."

Hamilton Morris eats five fish brains in a curry that is rumored to get you higher than your average stew.

Hamilton Morris meets Timothy Wyllie, an artist and founding member of The Process Church whose experiences on PCP led him to be an advocate of the drug's use.

Hamilton Morris tracks down a former PCP cook and uses his recipe to try to make the liquid version of the drug in a lab.

Hamilton Morris meets a few mushroom kingpins in their subterranean mushroom chamber.

Join an incredible journey through the history, chemistry and societal impacts of the world’s most extraordinary drugs.