Joe Rogan Experience #1136 - Hamilton Morris

ℹ️ EPISODE INFO

Released

June 27, 2018

Duration

2h 53m

Channel

The Joe Rogan Experience

Watch on YouTube

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📝 EPISODE DESCRIPTION

Hamilton Morris is a writer, documentarian, psychonaut and scientific researcher. His show "Hamilton's Pharmacopeia" is available on VICELAND and iTunes.

🎤 SPEAKERS

• Joe Rogan

  host

• Hamilton Morris

  guest

🧾 EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of The Joe Rogan Experience, featuring Joe Rogan and Hamilton Morris, Joe Rogan Experience #1136 - Hamilton Morris explores Hamilton Morris and Joe Rogan Deconstruct Drugs, Laws, and Consciousness Joe Rogan and chemist‑journalist Hamilton Morris have a wide‑ranging, three‑hour conversation about psychoactive drugs, media narratives, and personal freedom. They contrast nuanced, long‑form discussion with sensationalist TV and click‑driven journalism, especially around substances like kratom, opioids, synthetic cannabinoids, and fentanyl. Morris repeatedly argues that drugs themselves are neutral molecules and that harms come from policy, ignorance, supply chains, and human behavior—not inherent “evil” chemicals. They also explore psychedelics as tools for psychotherapy, spiritual insight, and perspective shifts, while acknowledging real risks such as psychotic breaks, cardiotoxicity, and ecological damage to plants like peyote.

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