Roasting Away in Margaritaville
Apparently there are worse things you can end up with than a hangover this summer when exploring the many delights of tequila and citrus. Phytophotodermatitis, also known ironically as Lime…read more →
Welcome to the unusual, terrifying and occasionally hilarious world of poisonings and toxicology.
This Is Your Brain on Drugs – Any Questions?
http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2016/04/appropriately-trippy-images-reveal-what-brains-on-lsd-look-like.html The brain on the right belongs to a person on LSD. There is a famous TV commercial from the ’70s in which an actor…read more →
R.I.P. Sugar Man
http://www.citizen.co.za/1080179/pet-poisoning-a-serious-offence-police/ “Even if the animal dies, an autopsy has to be done to see what poison was used. This will assist the SPCA and the police in the fight against…read more →
The Old Sleeping Pills in the Meatball Trick
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/woman-confesses-trying-to-kill-husband-by-poisoning-his-meatballs-then-injecting-him-with-brake-fluid-and-weedkiller/news-story/a9ff11358a53d3ab0a0e52496351e56f My favorite line in this article has to be “… she mixed a fatal cocktail of brake fluid and weed killer, and began to inject it into her…read more →
You Heard It Here First
Last week I spoke about a book called “The Gilded Razor” by Sam Lansky in which the author describes his incredible, voracious, profligate appetite for prescription drugs including Adderall, Ritalin…read more →
For The First Time Ever – The Dewshine Challenge!
As promised. Two weeks ago we clarified all the confusion surrounding Dewshine – the only thing left was to put the theory to the test and challenge ourselves with 2…read more →
Heading to Africa… Time to Take My Crazy Pills!
I know a guy that did some Peace Corps work in Africa back in the ’90s and was put on Lariam (mefloquine) to prevent malaria. He started having terrible nightmares…read more →
Liver Failure from an Herbal Product – Not Exactly News but at Least It’s Not Flint Lead Poisoning
I don’t know about you guys but I’m getting tired of the whole Flint, Michigan lead-in-the-water poisoning scandal. Anyone that knows anything about childhood lead exposure knows that this whole…read more →
I’m No Nancy Drew, But Do Ya Think She Slipped Him a Huge Mickey?
Hmmm. According to the article, a women mixed a sleeping pill into a drink and gave it to her husband, who subsequently died. The sleeping pill reportedly was temazepam (Restoril).…read more →
“You Need to Eat 12,000 Papaya Leaves to Get Cyanide Poisoning”
Last time I checked, there was no cure for dengue fever. You’ve got to support the patient through the viral infection and mop up the blood as it squirts out…read more →
