6 Big Questions on the DEA Ban of K2 Spice Synthetic Marijuana “Fake Pot”...
The much-awaited DEA final rule on temporarily assigning five synthetic cannabimimetics to Schedule I of the US Controlled Substances Act was published in the Federal Register today. From the DEA...
View ArticleSpice sellers: Bring out your dead
As I wrote the other day, retailers of synthetic marijuana products opened their doors Tuesday morning to the potential of being in possession of illegal substances. The US Drug Enforcement Agency...
View ArticleDear Dad, With Love
This is a repost of my reflections on my father who passed away 14 years today. It took me 12 years to write the following eulogy and remembrance. While quite personal, I posted it here last year...
View ArticleNIDA-sponsored Addiction Performance Project
I’ve been fascinated as of late by the new approaches being taken by health-related professional organizations to reach out and inform the public. My recent experience at the American Association for...
View ArticleBath salts (MDPV and mephedrone) in The New York Times
I wrote in February about a type of legal high product known as “bath salts.” Unlike synthetic marijuana “incense” or “potpourri” products, the active compound in bath salts is a type of stimulant...
View ArticleFrom the psychiatry ward: Don’t do K2
Just before leaving for work this morning, last summer’s placeholder version of my Terra Sigillata blog attracted a new comment from a reader currently under inpatient care for a bad experience with K2...
View ArticleSharing Science at Skeptically Speaking
A brainy, free, and fun online and radio chat-type call-in show on all things science. Hosted by Desiree Schell and edited by K.O. Myers. Awesomesauce. From Canada, of course. I recently had the...
View ArticleWoman loses arm, shoulder, and breast after “bath salt” injection
Well, let’s get the hat-tips up fron first. My kind friend and autism advocate Liz Ditz at I Speak of Dreams tweeted me last night to point me to a NPR “Shots” blogpost by Nancy Shute, journalisticus...
View ArticleDear Dad, with love
This is a repost of my reflections on my father who passed away 15 years today. Another third of my life has happened since then. I took 12 years to write the following eulogy and remembrance. While...
View ArticleNBOMics: The Science of “Smiles”
An earlier version of this post appeared originally on 1 October 2012 at Terra Sigillata. This is tiring enough for a science writer. I cannot imagine being in law enforcement. The pace at which...
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