9.2/1047 votesLoading...#1 - Synthetic Toad Venom Machine
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 1/4/2021
Haunted by past mistakes, Hamilton embarks on a journey to correct an error in his reporting and identifies the origin of an international toad venom smoking phenomenon.
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9.1/1080 votesLoading...#2 - The Psychedelic Toad
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 11/28/2017
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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9.0/1066 votesLoading...#3 - Shepherdess: The Story of Salvia Divinorium
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 11/9/2016
From the heavenly cloud forests of Oaxaca to a viral video of Miley Cyrus, Hamilton investigates the inconspicuous yet extraordinary psychedelic plant Salvia divinorum.
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9.0/1063 votesLoading...#4 - Wizards of DMT
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 12/19/2017
Hamilton travels across North America to study how and why DMT exists in the environment and the laboratory.
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9.0/1058 votesLoading...#5 - A Clandestine Chemist's Tale
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 1/2/2018
Hamilton meets an unsung hero of the psychedelic underground and hears a tragic tale of MDMA synthesis and chemiluminescence.
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8.9/1063 votesLoading...#6 - The Lazy Lizard School of Hedonism
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 12/7/2016
We meet with famed LSD chemist Casey Hardison in the Nevada desert and embark on a roadtrip to visit the unsung hero of psychedelic history.
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8.8/1057 votesLoading...#7 - Peyote: The Divine Messenger
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 12/5/2017
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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8.8/1046 votesLoading...#8 - A Fungal Fairy Tale
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 1/9/2018
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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8.7/1069 votesLoading...#9 - The Story of the South African Quaalude
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/26/2016
South Africa is the last place on earth Quaaludes can still be found; Hamilton travels there to study the drug and learns of a dark history of medical experimentation.
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8.7/1061 votesLoading...#10 - Ketamine: Realms and Realities
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 12/26/2017
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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8.6/1057 votesLoading...#11 - A Positive PCP Story
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 11/2/2016
Hamilton investigates the history of PCP in the U.S., seeking input from addicts, dealers and chemists.
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8.6/1060 votesLoading...#12 - Magic Mushrooms in Mexico
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 11/16/2016
Hamilton explores magic mushrooms with the help of shamans, clandestine growers, and ethnomycologists.
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8.6/1039 votesLoading...#13 - The Cactus Apprentice
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 1/16/2018
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.
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8.5/1029 votesLoading...#14 - A Positive Methamphetamine Story
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 1/11/2021
From X-ray crystallography to vesicular dopamine release, Hamilton travels the country visiting meth labs in order to understand the process behind a great American folk art.
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8.5/1028 votesLoading...#15 - Ultra LSD
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 2/8/2021
With the precise structure of LSD's molecular target identified, Hamilton discusses the new era of psychedelic research and meets pioneers of the field.
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8.4/1051 votesLoading...#16 - Kratom: The Forbidden Leaf
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 12/12/2017
Hamilton investigates the pharmacology and traditional uses of Kratom, a Thai tree with opioid-containing leaves.
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8.2/1027 votesLoading...#17 - Xenon: the Perfect Anesthetic?
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 1/18/2021
Hamilton traces the multibillion year history of nitrous oxide on Earth and follows the strangest noble gas to the Czech Republic.
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- 8.1/1026 votesLoading...
#18 - Synethetic Ibogaine-Natural Tramadol
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 1/25/2021
After revealing a scientific mystery around Tramadol-addicted cows in Central Africa, Hamilton follows a Gabonese opiate addict to a psychedelic ritual.
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7.8/1043 votesLoading...#19 - Fish N' Trips
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 11/30/2016
Hamilton embarks on an aquatic adventure to Reunion Island and Madagascar to investigate ichthyoallyeinotoxism and a twisted history of hallucinogenic fish.
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- 7.5/1023 votesLoading...
#20 - Bufotenine: In Search of Hataj
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 2/1/2021
Succumbing to viewer requests, Hamilton journeys to South America to understand the legend of Bufotenine, the world's oldest psychedelic.
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The Best Episodes of Hamilton's Pharmacopeia
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Top Episode Ratings Summary
"Synthetic Toad Venom Machine" is the best rated episode of "Hamilton's Pharmacopeia". It scored 9.2/10 based on 47 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 1/4/2021. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Psychedelic Toad".