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Anyone who calls this man a criminal, clearly hasn’t ever had a psychedelic experience before!

I'd just like to say for anyone who hasn't seen the synthesis for LSD, its an extremely long process with a list of dangerous chemicals the length of your arm. I genuinely believe it is the most difficult drug to synthesize, except maybe ALD-52 but only because it requires LSD to make it, ketamine might be more difficult because we don't know the complete synthesis. There's only 5 or 6 labs on earth that make LSD, all of them are staffed by trained organic chemists. So this guy, managed to make LSD in a damn bus, that is immensely impressive, I have alot of respect for his skills.

Psychedelics was mind blowing for me. I found myself in a world where swirling colors created a mesmerizing kaleidoscope. Time stretched as I explored cosmic landscapes, feeling a profound connection to everything. It left me with a deep sense of peace and wonder, realizing the limitless potential of the mind.

I can honestly say psychedelic experience was probably one of the most profound and beautiful collection of moments I have ever had.

Oregon folks 🌲. Possession of 40 "units" or less of LSD (per person) carries the same penalty as a traffic ticket. Or in other words LSD IS LEGAL IN OREGON.

That's pretty magical because those blue bells only bloom for a small portion of the year. Divine timing and it must've been a hell of an experience tripping amongst them.

Psilocybin, LSD, shrooms and ketamine are absolutely life changing substances that have so much potential to help people with mental health issues.

Psychedelic mushrooms have proven very effective in the treatment of various mental health issues. Helped me get out of years of depression and excessive alcohol use. My social anxiety is gone as well.

The _real_ Magic School Bus

It's profoundly unfortunate that we live in a society so intent on punishing people that want to experience life.

Had a crazy experience of running into Casey in a hotel lobby a few weeks ago. Ended up having a fascinating conversation and he couldn't have been a more down to earth person. It was so far out.

The first time I did LSD, I was in West VA right on the Shenandoah with the Blue Ridge mountains to my right. There wasn’t a single cloud in the sky and I just laid there looking at every star and planet and almost transporting myself into space. Hours later, the sun came up over the mountains and I was never the same. In that moment I actually realized and appreciated how beautiful everything is. How perfect I was because I shouldn’t even be here, none of us should. We are an anomaly and to take for granted anything is a shame.

The Erowid shirt by itself says so much about this fantastic gentleman of science.

GTA’s most recent update/DLC has you manufacturing acid in a bus. Now I know where the idea came from. 😂

I had a psychedelic experience once that sent me to eternity and meeting the creator. My ego dissolved yet I was physically terrified. It was so magical and so full of love, changed my life for good. In the most positive way possible.

Dmt, LSD and psilocybin containing mushroom are amazing. I suffered severe depression and mental disorder years ago as a teenage. Got diagnosed with cptsd. Spent my whole life fighting cptsd. Not until my son recommended me to psilocybin mushrooms treatment. Psilocybin treatment saved my life honestly. 6 years totally clean. Never thought I would be saying this about mushrooms.

Phsychedelics helped me quit illicit pills addiction, I was messed up I was depressed and a danger to myself. Good videos and help like this should be seen always.

This guy at one point changed my outlook on life forever and I’m glad to see that people are sticking up for him I am forever grateful for the experience he provided me with it was very clean and smooth and beautiful thank you so much!

Thanks to all the great LSD chemists still out there, fighting for the cause, you are awesome. I couldn't be more grateful for your work🙌❤

I just tried LSD for the first time. I felt as if i was in the center of the universe. I didn't go crazy after such an extreme experience. Totally got rid of depression, anxiety and illicit pill addiction.

I suffered anxiety for several years, taken a lot of medications. Currently I’m trying out psychedelics and psilocybin mushrooms

May the universe and all of its inhabitants bless this man and keep him well for all of his days.

"The cartography of the inner soul is nothing to be afraid of" I love this quote

Breaking Bad sequel: Tripping Hard

Psilocybin saved my life. I was addicted to heroin for 15 years and after Psilocybin treatment I will be 3 years clean in September. I have zero cravings. This is something that truly needs to be more broadly used in addiction treatment.

I still remember the day I took LSD and an ice storm happened for like 2 hours then after that it was a clear full moon night. I went for a walk in the woods and the moonlight going through the ice was so amazing

You haven’t lived until you’ve experienced LSD.

Never understood why psychedelics aren't studied more, I took a dose of psylocibin at a low point in my life and while the trip did scare the hell out of me it also showed me exactly what I needed to do to be better, so I see it overall as a positive experience

Some healthy looking cacti behind him. Subtle.

I guess this guy is the danger and he is the one that knocks

Man i fuckin love LSD.

Glad to see vice getting back to the content that made them watchable

My first experience akin to LSD was 25i's. Took like half a tab and after the come up, the first thought I had to myself was that I had been here before. By here I meant my frame of mind. Never had I experienced deja vu that intensely. It felt like I was never truly awake until that trip had started.

No one looks more awkward on a bicycle than Hamilton lol. Great content though! This is the stuff I love to see from Vice.

"It's not a war on drugs, it's a war on us." No truer words ever said.

Thank you so very much for making and sharing this information I appreciate it

Absolute legend. If anyone knows the process involved in making LSD, you would appreciate the work of this freedom flyer.

I dedicated a very large part of my life to LSD and took easily iver 1000 hits. It was more of a religious type of experience for me when id dose. I found out alot about myself and my world. Im at the end of my life now and i still remember all my experiences and it was beautiful and molded me into a kinder better person in some ways

Back in 1994 to 1997 i was getting and selling a lot of LSD. I was getting it from the son of a chemistry professor at Purdue University. I was selling tree hundred hits every two weeks. The most i ever saw was six pages. Each page had ten sheets. Each sheet was 100 hits. I would get liquid acid once in a while that had food coloring in it which you could put on surger cubes. MAN THOSE WERE THE GOOD OL DAYS !!!!!

I met this guy 9 years ago right around the same time I did acid for the first time. I live in Teton valley Idaho and had a friend that knew him but didn’t know the extant of this guys story but it’sbeen a blessing to shake his hand and graced his presence before I started my deep psychedelic journey. So cool!

First time I took lsd my dude forgot to inform me it could take all the way up to 45 mins to feel it, 30 mins in and I was convinced I got ripped off so I took the other 3 tabs for a complete confirmation of whether or not it was fake....it wasn't fake, 4 tabs all together and boy was it a wild ride , loved every second of it, opened my 3rd eye wide and haven't seen this world the same since

What a great attitude this man has; he saw prison as a place to rest. I like the idea of psychedelics being a sacrament and the war on drugs being a war on those of us who wish to engage in that sacrament. Beautiful human soul. Thank you for putting your freedom at risk so others could feel one with the universe and gain divine insight. ❤

What a Legend! Thanks so much for your work and the sacrifice you made for us!

hearing this mans words while seeing the beautiful scenery of black rock city was absolute poetry, I hope he has the best life

Shrooms microdosing helped me overcome my life long addiction to cigarettes and alcohol, I just relocated and they're so hard to come by here, I really need to buy some

This guy is a pure soul and true revolutionary.

20 years in the UK for a one man (relatively) small LSD lab. He should have got a lawyer instead of trying to defend himself. He would have got half that sentence if he did, with him being an educated man with no previous criminal convictions.

I always enjoy your videos.

LSD is so incredible. That fact it was even synthesized is just an amazing fact of history.

A hero between man, god bless him

This was one of the best, most interesting piece of info from Casey I've ever seen! That dude is such a boss! BIG UPZ and thanks for all the fish, hehehe! ;)

Thank you for your dedication I know what you've been through. 😎

“We do have something figured out” lmao I love this guy

This is the vice content you should of never strayed from. Well done on this piece

But make no mistake: Psilocybin has a number of potential medical benefits.

Love how the passer by talking just so happens to be on a bicycle. After he just got done describing how everything just lined up for him.

We need a hollywood movie about this guy's life journey. Jake Johnson could act as him without a problem

What an AMAZING piece of documentation. Vice,thank you.

Love the trichocereus cacti in the background lol

Always wanted to synthesise this beautiful molecule. DMT is easy as pie to extract from its plant precursor/source. Lsd is miles above in difficulty of synthesis.

A true wizard and hero of an alchemist!! Would love to just chat with Casey, he so interesting

Psychedelic’s definitely have potential to deal with mental health symptoms like anxiety and depression, I would like to try them again but it’s just so hard to source here

This is without doubt one of the most Badass interviews ever recorded by Vice

People such as this man are the sole reason that we as humans are able to experience these substances that help us realize what it truly means to be human. many people would demonize him for his work, but I truthfully believe that people like this man here, are helping humanity, and not destroying it.

No jail can hold a liberated mind

It’s crazy the amount of times I’ve heard people on the run say that the best day of their life was when they got caught smh the stress they carry being on the run must be devastating

Thanks for your work Casey 🙏

I love how happy he looks in his arrest photo. The liberated mind fears no bars.

Just for anyone who is curious, Casey's synthesis route was documented on the rhodium archive ;) anyone can read it

Glad Vice is doing interesting content again

Hey Vice where was it filmed at the end where everyone rides their bikes? Seems like an awesome spot!

Love all the San Pedro cacti in background during the interview.

RV is for rookie, School Bus is for Pro.

What a legend! Dude keep his mouth shut and took the time like a champ!

Wow this guy is me. Although I got raided with a lab and DMT and precursors for GHB and GBL. Didn't have a titration table though. Also, his lab looks pretty filthy. At least I kept mine clean. Losing 20lk worth of glassware etc to law enforcement hurt far more than the prison sentence I had to serve.

6:14 Converstation about deep realization while tripping, this needs a *ROTATING ROLEX ROYAL OAK 3D GRAPHIC*

Best trip i ever had was back around 1999 and it was two dark red gel tabs. Took them at around 11pm and it lasted until 5pm the next day. Didnt even start peaking until like 6am. Everything moving was making lots of traces. We stood by a bridge over a highway and were fascinated watching the cars driving by and seeing the traces behind them. Felt like we stood there for hours.

This is more like an advertisement for psychedelics than documentary journalism.

This man is an absolute G. 20 yrs on the chin, refused to inform on his friends.

No words can do these pioneers justice. Thank you for your service.:)

Frigging legend. I'd love to just spend time in nature with this guy and wait for the profound wisdom to spill out that all of those cosmonauts like him who've touched the void on a rad dose drop lol

My dad sold tons of LSD, im supportive of LSD but he ended up getting schizophrenia and starting wandering the country homeless doing his artwork, he sadly passed in a public park in Vegas last week I'm not saying he caught it, many people have it genetically but it might not even show, his was genetic but it wouldn't have been as bad if he didn't smoke so much weed and dose that much LSD

i still love you vice, enjoy the videos

Very cool stuff!

Whoever made the red pyramid tab with the gold flakes that changed my life. THANK YOU!

The vice we miss and from someone who is not me , i was told they spent a entire year eating lsd once per week at minimum and told stories that are absolutely incredible. You would have to get to meet that guy.

Thing about tripping is you have to keep your emotions in check. I use to love tripping balls. Quick true story. Bunch of friends decided to have a drop party. There was one guy James who would have trouble just burning herb, so he wanted to take some, but I told the guys. Hey lets only let him have half. We all agreed, but one of my friends dosed him a full blotter :45 minutes later. Stacked him...HUGE mistake for someone new. James ended up taking off on his ten-speed. I went looking around the house where everyone was partying. Asked people, but he was nowhere. Next morning we're having a tube session and we're all like where's James, and Mick tells us he double dosed him. We jumped Mick about it. Well not to long after that James walks into the house and we're like where the hell were you. James tells us he started tripping and got on his ten-speed and rode off. He had went down to the doughnut shop and told the lady the dougnuts were talking to him and to call police for assistance. He said the officer took his small pocket knife and took him to the 5150 padded room to let him ride his trip out safely. We were like yeah right James you're full of it. Next thing we know a police officer pulls up and drops James his ten-speed off to him ( the 80's ). Couple weeks later James got hauled off after he rode his said ten-speed up to Amoco and put a block through the window for beer and cigarettes. I enjoyed dropping. I wanted to try DMT, but after a bad brain injury and epilepsy I'm going to pass on that one. Legend has it James is still out there tripping riding his ten-speed. Ride on James...Ride on.

Wish there were more people like this. This will help individuals in government and law enforcement to gain understanding of the way the brain works.

The amide coupling with PyBOP in DCM was a solid effort by Casey. Congrats on the research bro🙏

🙏 VICE TV ! ❤ Hamilton!❤👏 THANK YOU !🙌 MUCH LOVE ! 💯❤✨

never heard my dog talk before then i realized it wasn't just my dog talking it's everything living.

Yes sir. More content on psychedelics please!

Lolol he was still so tripped out he tried to represent himself in court lolol

he's so well spoken

If you are reading this, Casper gave his life to help you experience reality. We love you. Greed is the actual evil

Glad you ran this one again brother ❤

A free mind can never be caged and this man is living proof.

Hamilton. The best series ever invented. We need more.

Everyone who takes LSd with a good set/setting knows it is pure MEDICINE FOR THE SOUL!!!