Omg right now Rogan idiot Nat geo are just straight ruining things

The irony being that despite wearing the bunny-suit, it won't save his dumb ass from heating the naptha over an open flame. It's almost like the producers of the show are taking damage reduction notes from the nexus safety threads and turning them on their heads.

seriously, how hard is it to keep the naphtha sealed while you heat the water and then do the hot water bath after you don't need a flame?

i cannot conceive how someone could claim to be knowledgeable and act this idiotically.

better stock up on mimosa...sigh...

I would love to stock up on mimosa. Too bad Mimosaville is now a ghost town.

Shitty journalism... if it is even journalism.

NatGeo has obviously chucked their integrity and standards into the same pot of sensationalism and yellow journalism as most of the rest.

More akin to "reality tv" than news or investigative reporting.

In my opinion - of course.

Damn

Yeah it's amazing they made the connection with inner city crack users/dealers, suburbian heroin addicts, and hipster DMT users--all in the ruins of Detroit.

If you think you can cram all of this into 42 min. after commercials, you're going to have a poor product. And for people who have never heard of this--the people who freak out and blow things they've never experienced out of proportion will have a field day with it.

This program aside, Nat Geo has been slipping very quickly since they've focused their effort to compete in the "reality" TV genre. History, Animal Planet, and Nat Geo should all be embarrassed by the product they are trotting out right now. The sad thing is they probably make more money right now than with their prior programming, so this trend will probably continue. Oh well, that's just another reason I prefer to read.

lawd have mercy!

Yep.

its been a while since the episode first aired and i still havent seen it on tv, and cant seem to find it online

i love the whole tyvek suit and goggles but no latex gloves.

kill thy "tel lie vision" !

Well, I was up watching "Drugs, Inc." on the National Geographic channel about Detroit's drug problems and DMT popped up for about the final 15 minutes of the episode. I found it comical how they portray the typical "cook" and "user".

The cook, aka Merlin, goes about showing you how to cook up some DMT. Apparently, the active ingredient to "synthesize" DMT is MHRB. Didn't know that... thanks National Geographic.

Merlin thinks it's a good idea to place naptha on a stove with an open flame... so he proceeds and dumps a random amount of naptha into his pot. Although, they just said naptha is a highly volatile and flammable liquid that will explode if lit. Merlin... ugh...

Anyway, Merlin survives this and pours the naptha and "DMT crystals"... what? into his evaporation/crash dish. Then we wait...

Next shot is a burnt out crack house that Merlin is apparently "cooking DMT crystals" in.

Okay, back to Merlin in the morning. So, all the naptha has evaporated in his freezer over night. Yep... overnight in the freezer. Now, it's time to harvest that DMT. Sweet.

Now, I feel for this user Nation. Doesn't sound like he had a great childhood.

Anyway, the one part that got me is when he said. "That DMT was very good... that was extremely strong." I find it hard to believe this guy could tell DMT sample A, from DMT sample B, and etc. Sure, they have different levels of alkaloids amongst other things but ALL DMT is extremely strong. Hopefully, he was referring to the individual experience he just had and not rating the DMT itself. That would just be stupid and it gives the wrong impression about DMT. It implies that one source of DMT will be more potent than the next or gives the impression that someone has the ability to discern that merely through smoking it which isn't true.

Check it out if you want. Skip to 34:00 to watch the DMT clip.

I feel like National Geographic doesn't do a good job portraying this. Maybe they should try again and focus solely on DMT

Hahaha.. Wonder if these folk are on nexus...... Hi assholes

Seriously, No.

Sigh

I thought the same!

Merlin, buddy, I hope National Geographic just edited that horribly to make you look like a fool. Aside, from almost burning down your already burnt out crack house of course. That's all on you.

Ahhh this video! The "synthesis", the portrait of the "typical DMT user", it's such a negative portrayal. I swear they couldn't have picked a skeebier looking pair of users. More mainstream dogmatic garbage and misinformation to dampen the reputation of the psychedelic community.

I feel bad saying it. But true dat.

Saddest thing is that this probably reached more people than Dmt The Spirit Molecule ever will...

lol..... sad..

Merlin, I hereby bestow upon you the 'Blue Flask' and thank-you sincerely for your invaluable contributions to the field of extraction chemistry and procedures.


Unfortunately, Merlin is presently in the burns unit of his local hospital and is therefore unable to collect his award in person.