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Before I write any further, the future lawyer in me feels the need to stipulate the following. DISCLAIMER: No drugs were ever sold during this process, and I hope I don’t need the “Do not try at home” warning for readers. Breaking Bad finally returns, and not a moment too soon.  We get 8 more episodes of the greatest show ever made (yes I love the Wire as well).  In anticipation of its return, I sat down with a couple of friends and former med school students.  Why you ask? Well these guys were producing DMT in their apartment for recreational use.  I thought it fascinating that these amazingly smart med students were engaging in such behavior, and therefore thought I would play journalist, and ask them a few questions.  DMT or Dimethyltryptamine, is a psychedelic compound, sometimes known as the Dream Molecule.  Depending on the dose and method of administration, its subjective effects can range from short-lived milder psychedelic states to powerful immersive experiences, and a complete divorce from reality.  So what made these guys start their production? Apparently a documentary titled, “The Spirit Molecule”, profiled DMT and its effects.  The effects were deemed amazing and pure bliss, and essentially one could reach a state of euphoria.  Clearly these smart chemists had their intellectual curiosity stimulated and to Amazon they went.  When I asked them how easy it was to get all the equipment they needed for the process, one of the guys replied, “Literally it took 30 minutes on Amazon to find everything, hell they even recommended what else equipment we should buy.” Amazon, forums, and TEK’s provided all the direction they needed to produce DMT. Once the boys had all their equipment set up, in a single bedroom, they began the trial and error process. After a week or so of testing, they had finally achieved in synthesizing DMT in its best powder form.  When I asked how their first experiences were, they struggled to describe them.  One of the guys told me he could only paint his experience, and literally could not put into words how they felt during their 20-30 journeys.  The other guy told me, “During one experience, I was literally transformed to my third grade self. I had the same goals, wants, desires as I did when I was 10!”  Essentially DMT served like an emotional time machine is seemed.  The high was described as amazing and unlike anything else. Depth perception goes away and literally not even a fire next door could knock any sense into you.  The guys have since stopped producing DMT for themselves and have given up the life, as they are now “professionals”.  This story parallels in my mind many of the aspects of Breaking Bad, and how knowledge, patience, and the Internet have transformed drug making in our society.