Hamilton Morris (born April 14, 1987) is an American journalist, documentarian, and scientific researcher. He is the creator and director of the television series Hamilton's Pharmacopeia, in which he investigates the chemistry, history, and cultural impact of various psychoactive drugs.

Hamilton Morris was born in New York City, the son of Julia Sheehan, an art historian, and documentary filmmaker Errol Morris.^[1][2] He was raised in Cambridge, Massachusetts. As a teenager, Morris appeared in television commercials, notably a 2002 advertisement for the first-generation iPod.^[3] He attended the University of Chicago and The New School, where he studied anthropology and chemistry.^[4][5]

Morris's interest in psychoactive substances blossomed in his late teens when he began reading pharmacology information hosted on websites such as Bluelight and Erowid.^[6] He began writing for Vice magazine as a college sophomore. He wrote a piece called 'The Magic Jews' in 2008 documenting his experience taking LSD with a group of Hasidic Jews.^[7][8] Vice later hired him to write 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.^[1]

Morris is a correspondent and producer for Vice on HBO, as well as a contributor to Harper's Magazine.^[9] Morris frequently consults with media on the subject of psychoactive drugs and conducts pharmacological research at Saint Joseph's University in Philadelphia^[1][10][11] with an emphasis on the synthesis and history of dissociative anesthetics.^{[12][13][14][15]}

• Bluelight (web forum)
• Erowid
• Gonzo journalism
• Responsible drug use
• Recreational drug use