Eduardo Hidalgo releases a memoir through Autsaider Cómics detailing nearly forty years of heroin use. A guilt-free testimony that challenges the only narrative society accepts about this substance.

In a cross-sectional survey of 497 people with MDMA experience, 74.5% reported negative aftereffects at least once. This self-reported sample does not establish causality, represent all users or demonstrate that supplements or antidepressants are effective for managing comedowns.

In 2009, an alarm was raised: teenagers were allegedly snorting battery acid. We examine the origin of this hoax and why it doesn't hold up.

Can cannabis cause psychosis? We review acute effects, epidemiological data, and the limits of causality with a critical, harm-reduction lens.

What is real about adrenochrome, how QAnon and Pizzagate amplified it during COVID-19, and why we must examine conspiratorial folklore critically.

From its 1962 synthesis as an anesthetic to the FDA-approved esketamine for treatment-resistant depression, we explore the history of ketamine.

What is tramadol, how does it affect opioids, serotonin, and norepinephrine, and why its interactions and seizure risk demand caution.