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Hamilton Morris

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Danny Jones Podcast
#304 - DARPA Drug Research, Psychedelic Toad Venom & Why VICE Failed | Hamilton Morris

Yeah, I would. I mean, some degree of fear is warranted. It's just about finding the appropriate balance where you're not so afraid that you're paralyzed and you don't do anything and prevent yourself from having worthwhile experiences, but also having enough fear that you're not taking unnecessary risks and potentially harming yourself.

Danny Jones Podcast
#304 - DARPA Drug Research, Psychedelic Toad Venom & Why VICE Failed | Hamilton Morris

Yeah, I would. I mean, some degree of fear is warranted. It's just about finding the appropriate balance where you're not so afraid that you're paralyzed and you don't do anything and prevent yourself from having worthwhile experiences, but also having enough fear that you're not taking unnecessary risks and potentially harming yourself.

Danny Jones Podcast
#304 - DARPA Drug Research, Psychedelic Toad Venom & Why VICE Failed | Hamilton Morris

Yeah, I would. I mean, some degree of fear is warranted. It's just about finding the appropriate balance where you're not so afraid that you're paralyzed and you don't do anything and prevent yourself from having worthwhile experiences, but also having enough fear that you're not taking unnecessary risks and potentially harming yourself.

Danny Jones Podcast
#304 - DARPA Drug Research, Psychedelic Toad Venom & Why VICE Failed | Hamilton Morris

And yeah, I think to some extent there will always be uncertainty, but you can learn. I was just working on a... a piece about the chemistry of LSD type compounds and made a new analog of LSD. And me and the chemist that I was working with all tested it on ourselves. And I didn't know with certainty that it would be safe, but we were very cautious and we increased the dose somewhat slowly.

Danny Jones Podcast
#304 - DARPA Drug Research, Psychedelic Toad Venom & Why VICE Failed | Hamilton Morris

And yeah, I think to some extent there will always be uncertainty, but you can learn. I was just working on a... a piece about the chemistry of LSD type compounds and made a new analog of LSD. And me and the chemist that I was working with all tested it on ourselves. And I didn't know with certainty that it would be safe, but we were very cautious and we increased the dose somewhat slowly.

Danny Jones Podcast
#304 - DARPA Drug Research, Psychedelic Toad Venom & Why VICE Failed | Hamilton Morris

And yeah, I think to some extent there will always be uncertainty, but you can learn. I was just working on a... a piece about the chemistry of LSD type compounds and made a new analog of LSD. And me and the chemist that I was working with all tested it on ourselves. And I didn't know with certainty that it would be safe, but we were very cautious and we increased the dose somewhat slowly.

Danny Jones Podcast
#304 - DARPA Drug Research, Psychedelic Toad Venom & Why VICE Failed | Hamilton Morris

And we were able to, or I was able to look at the metabolism of related compounds and make an educated guess about how it may be transformed in the body and how it may or may not be risky. And which is not to say that it couldn't have some sort of unanticipated toxicity. It absolutely could, but you can make a foundation of knowledge based on everything that has been

Danny Jones Podcast
#304 - DARPA Drug Research, Psychedelic Toad Venom & Why VICE Failed | Hamilton Morris

And we were able to, or I was able to look at the metabolism of related compounds and make an educated guess about how it may be transformed in the body and how it may or may not be risky. And which is not to say that it couldn't have some sort of unanticipated toxicity. It absolutely could, but you can make a foundation of knowledge based on everything that has been

Danny Jones Podcast
#304 - DARPA Drug Research, Psychedelic Toad Venom & Why VICE Failed | Hamilton Morris

And we were able to, or I was able to look at the metabolism of related compounds and make an educated guess about how it may be transformed in the body and how it may or may not be risky. And which is not to say that it couldn't have some sort of unanticipated toxicity. It absolutely could, but you can make a foundation of knowledge based on everything that has been

Danny Jones Podcast
#304 - DARPA Drug Research, Psychedelic Toad Venom & Why VICE Failed | Hamilton Morris

published on a compound or related compounds and you can make an educated guess and then you can proceed cautiously and everything was fine. Really? I was fine, yeah. I enjoyed the compound.

Danny Jones Podcast
#304 - DARPA Drug Research, Psychedelic Toad Venom & Why VICE Failed | Hamilton Morris

published on a compound or related compounds and you can make an educated guess and then you can proceed cautiously and everything was fine. Really? I was fine, yeah. I enjoyed the compound.

Danny Jones Podcast
#304 - DARPA Drug Research, Psychedelic Toad Venom & Why VICE Failed | Hamilton Morris

published on a compound or related compounds and you can make an educated guess and then you can proceed cautiously and everything was fine. Really? I was fine, yeah. I enjoyed the compound.

Danny Jones Podcast
#304 - DARPA Drug Research, Psychedelic Toad Venom & Why VICE Failed | Hamilton Morris

It was a bit less potent, maybe about a quarter to a fifth the potency and much less visual. It was a less dazzling but still very pleasant experience. And shorter acting.

Danny Jones Podcast
#304 - DARPA Drug Research, Psychedelic Toad Venom & Why VICE Failed | Hamilton Morris

It was a bit less potent, maybe about a quarter to a fifth the potency and much less visual. It was a less dazzling but still very pleasant experience. And shorter acting.

Danny Jones Podcast
#304 - DARPA Drug Research, Psychedelic Toad Venom & Why VICE Failed | Hamilton Morris

It was a bit less potent, maybe about a quarter to a fifth the potency and much less visual. It was a less dazzling but still very pleasant experience. And shorter acting.

Danny Jones Podcast
#304 - DARPA Drug Research, Psychedelic Toad Venom & Why VICE Failed | Hamilton Morris

I mean, I find it interesting that people always seem sort of amazed by the work that I've done or they treat it as if it's like very unusual when Vice is producing tons of drug related documentaries and continues to. So that in and of itself was never a hard sell. Pretty much every mainstream media outlet is continuously producing stuff about drugs.

Danny Jones Podcast
#304 - DARPA Drug Research, Psychedelic Toad Venom & Why VICE Failed | Hamilton Morris

I mean, I find it interesting that people always seem sort of amazed by the work that I've done or they treat it as if it's like very unusual when Vice is producing tons of drug related documentaries and continues to. So that in and of itself was never a hard sell. Pretty much every mainstream media outlet is continuously producing stuff about drugs.

Danny Jones Podcast
#304 - DARPA Drug Research, Psychedelic Toad Venom & Why VICE Failed | Hamilton Morris

I mean, I find it interesting that people always seem sort of amazed by the work that I've done or they treat it as if it's like very unusual when Vice is producing tons of drug related documentaries and continues to. So that in and of itself was never a hard sell. Pretty much every mainstream media outlet is continuously producing stuff about drugs.

Danny Jones Podcast
#304 - DARPA Drug Research, Psychedelic Toad Venom & Why VICE Failed | Hamilton Morris

The only difference is I was doing it in a relatively informed way that was pretty well received by people. So the the selling aspect was never difficult with vice and it all did very well and was insanely low budget at the beginning yeah so you know it was all gradual i wrote for the magazine did a column then there was this producer named santiago stelly who was really responsible for

Danny Jones Podcast
#304 - DARPA Drug Research, Psychedelic Toad Venom & Why VICE Failed | Hamilton Morris

The only difference is I was doing it in a relatively informed way that was pretty well received by people. So the the selling aspect was never difficult with vice and it all did very well and was insanely low budget at the beginning yeah so you know it was all gradual i wrote for the magazine did a column then there was this producer named santiago stelly who was really responsible for