My Articles
May 31, 2023 –
Are Pop-Tarts Food?
May 11, 2023 –
FDA Panel Recommends OTC Sale of One Birth Control Pill. Time to Approve All the Rest.
May 9, 2023 –
Promising Pain Meds in Development: Vertex’s VX-548
April 19, 2023 –
Making Vicodin and Percocet Safer, By Reducing the Dose of Tylenol
April 12, 2023 –
Untangling the Adderall Snafu
April 7, 2023 –
'Adam and Heave' - Is Akee the Real Forbidden Fruit?
April 4, 2023 –
How Does AI Handle Really Stupid Questions?
March 30, 2023 –
A Chemist Chats with ChatGPT. How Does it Do?
March 9, 2023 –
Why is That Hideous Prevagen Commercial Allowed on TV?
February 27, 2023 –
Putting the East Palestine Train Accident in Perspective
February 22, 2023 –
No, Homeopathic 'Remedies' and OTC Drugs Don't Belong on the Same Shelf
February 16, 2023 –
Masks Depart, 'Stomach Flu' Arrives. Enough Already!
February 16, 2023 –
Tylenol After Surgery? Why the Feds Make Patients Suffer Needless Pain (USA Today)
February 13, 2023 –
Which Drugs Really Help with Motion Sickness?
February 7, 2023 –
Antidepressants Fail for Pain: A Look at the Data
February 2, 2023 –
Gold: An Inert Metal and Toxic Drug
January 30, 2023 –
New Drug Names: A Study in Madness
January 26, 2023 –
Why Does Drinking Cause Cancer?
January 24, 2023 –
People Worry Hysterically About Low Risk Carcinogens. And Then They Drink
January 18, 2023 –
Marijuana and Kids Don't Mix. An Interview with Dr. Roneet Lev
January 17, 2023 –
The J-Man Chronicles: In Search of the Elusive Snake Clitoris
January 11, 2023 –
'Paxlovid Rebound' Isn't Real. It Never Was
January 10, 2023 –
4-ANPP: Fentanyl in Waiting
January 5, 2023 –
Scoring Some Ambien at the Online Pharmacy From Hell!
December 28, 2022 –
Some Opioids Get a Boost From Other Drugs, Some Don't. Here's Why
December 20, 2022 –
The Annual Holiday Chemistry Lesson From Hell: How to Tell the Age of a Fruitcake
December 14, 2022 –
Washington Post Takes a Swing at Fentanyl, But Fouls It Off
December 7, 2022 –
Alabama's Incompetent and Barbaric Death Penalty 'Protocol'
December 5, 2022 –
An Interview with Steve, My Roomba
December 1, 2022 –
No, You Should Not Lick Frogs: A Hallucinogenic Chemistry Lesson
November 25, 2022 –
What is the *Real* Shelf Life of Prescription Opioids?
November 23, 2022 –
We May Have a Fentanyl Vaccine. But Will it Be Useful?
November 17, 2022 –
Smart Water for Dumb Consumers
November 10, 2022 –
If We *Really* Want to Honor Our Veterans, Let's Control Their Pain
November 8, 2022 –
The J-Man Chronicles: Uneven Legs and the Plausibly Accidental Sky Penis
November 6, 2022 –
Why Target Opioids When Alcohol is a Much Bigger Problem?