So how do I get to experiment with this in a controlled and legal way these days?
But if you have the drive, and are willing to take a small risk, you venture into the dark web and locate one of the handful of chemists/dealers who provide the world with its supply and buy in bulk.
Or you find a friend who has already done this work.
put differently: the barriers to experimentation with psychedelics are the ones that you have constructed for yourself.