Hamilton Morris


Hamilton Morris is an American journalist and pharmacological researcher. He is known for his television series Hamilton's Pharmacopeia, in which he investigates the chemistry, history, and cultural impact of various psychoactive drugs.

Biography

Hamilton Morris was born in New York City, the son of Julia Sheehan and documentary filmmaker Errol Morris. He was raised in Cambridge, Massachusetts. As a teenager, Morris appeared in television commercials, notably a 2002 advertisement for the first-generation iPod. He attended the University of Chicago and The New School, where he studied anthropology and science. He began writing for Vice magazine as a college sophomore. He was given a monthly print column titled "Hamilton's Pharmacopeia" that evolved into a series of articles and documentaries for VBS.tv focused on the science of psychoactive drugs. He is a science editor of Vice and a correspondent and producer for Vice on HBO, as well as a regular science columnist for Harper's Magazine. Morris frequently consults with media on the subject of psychoactive drugs and conducts pharmacological research at the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia with an emphasis on the synthesis and history of dissociative anesthetics.
Morris is currently writing books about clandestine chemistry and the murder of mycologist Steven H. Pollock.

Projects

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