In 2015, Hamilton visited the abandoned underground lab of a legendary psychonaut, situated in the core of a volcano. All sorts of compounds were synthesised there, including hundreds of kilos of MDMA which helped to fuel the rave revolution.

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Chapters
0:00 The Volcano Lab
0:36 Getting In
1:06 Relics From the Past
1:30 The Lab
1:55 What Went On
2:10 The Man Behind the Lab
2:26 I Worked Here
3:10 A 'Diverse Array of Molecules'
3:21 Continuing Shulgin's Work
3:41 MDMA's Legal Status
3:52 Research
4:13 Psychonaut Culture
4:43 Prohibition and Raves

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