My Articles

September 27, 2023 – 'Vegan Tylenol' and the Pain of Scientific Ignorance
September 27, 2023 – Paxlovid Works in the 'Real World.' Here's How.
September 21, 2023 – Is the Result of 'Fentanyl Chemicals' Crackdown, Deadlier Nitazenes?
September 19, 2023 – Cigarettes Are Sexy! Who Knew?
September 18, 2023 – Sudafed PE Is Worthless (Just Like the Drug Policies That Put It on the Shelf)
September 15, 2023 – Laws Based on Rapid Drug Tests Are Unscientific and Unfair
September 12, 2023 – At Least Paqui ‘Vicious’ Chips Are Non-GMO
September 7, 2023 – Beneficent DEA Allows Us to Switch Pharmacies. How Gracious of Them!
September 5, 2023 – Jessica Biel's Ridiculous 'Kinder' 'Farm' Children's Medicine
August 31, 2023 – Fenethylline: ‘Drug of Jihad'
August 28, 2023 – One Reason Why RNA Viruses (Like Covid) Mutate So Quickly? A Little Organic Chemistry
August 26, 2023 – A Demented Pickleball Chemistry Lesson
August 22, 2023 – Tylenol: 6 More Years of Failure
August 18, 2023 – Raw Oysters. Yick. And Possibly Dangerous.
August 11, 2023 – HMB: A Muscle-Building Supplement That Might Slow Alzheimer's?
August 8, 2023 – CNN: Dear Slobs: Stop Blowing Out Candles on Cakes! I Concur.
August 6, 2023 – How Bad is Antibiotic Resistance Today? An Interview with Dr. David Shlaes.
August 2, 2023 – NY Times Nails It on Dietary Supplements. And Quotes ACSH.
August 2, 2023 – The J-Man Chronicles: Snorkeling for Turds in the 'Beautiful' Bronx River
July 26, 2023 – Can CBD Oil Make You Test Positive For THC?
July 21, 2023 – US Continues to Push Failed Drug Policies: Drs. Singer and Bloom in The Daily Beast
July 21, 2023 – Thebacon: An Opioid That You Can't Bring Home And Fry In A Pan
July 20, 2023 – Harvard Drug Cocktail Will Make You Live Longer? Not So Fast
July 17, 2023 – Kansas' Flawed DUI Drug Screen isn't Better Than Nothing; It's Worse
July 11, 2023 – The J-Man Chronicles: Do You Have 'Meat Sweats?'
July 8, 2023 – Kudos to Newsday's 'Pain Pill Shortage' Article
July 5, 2023 – Para-Fluorofentanyl: A New, Old Monster
June 28, 2023 – Date Rape Redux: Deadly Fentanyl Used for Robberies
June 26, 2023 – All About Taurine: A Possible Anti-Aging Supplement
June 22, 2023 – Honeysuckle: Nature's Parfumerie
June 19, 2023 – Let's Celebrate National Urine Day!
June 15, 2023 – 5 Interesting (But Ultimately Useless), Bizarre Chemistry Factoids
June 11, 2023 – Copper: Colors (Plenty) and Money (Not So Much)
June 6, 2023 – The Story You Thought You Knew About Thalidomide and Birth Defects is All Wrong
June 2, 2023 – Will Apple Cider Vinegar Nuke Your Stomach?
May 31, 2023 – Are Pop-Tarts Food?
May 23, 2023 – Will Pfizer's New Weight Loss Pill Silence the Ozempic Commercials?
May 22, 2023 – Pancreatic Cancer Cells Deprived of Glucose Find Another Fuel. A New Approach?
May 18, 2023 – DEA's Abuse, Prevention & Control Laws: Lacking Science, Common Sense
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
May 4, 2023 – The J-Man Chronicles: Roach-Spewing Hand Dryers and Other Atrocities
May 3, 2023 – Tetrahydrocanniboic Acid (THCA): Legal Until You Heat It, Maybe
May 2, 2023 – Could Chemicals Have Caused Michael J. Fox's Parkinson's? It's Happened Before.
April 25, 2023 – A Bit of Irony: J&J Developing Drug to Undo Liver Damage ... From Its Own Tylenol
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?