Drugs

How Researchers Measure a Mouse’s Mood

You know what they say: give a mouse a Zoloft and he’ll ask for a Prozac. Give a mouse a Prozac and he’ll ask for a Lexapro. But how do researchers determine if the anti-depressent they’re developing is actually effective before giving it to people? It’s difficult determining how sad a mouse is because, “a…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Mar 7

How to Destroy Your Detractors, Purple Squirrels, Big Dogs, and Bigger Shrimp

Roll that spliff phatly, pack some fresh ice into the binger, and set the Volcano to “toastify.” It’s time for tonight’s Stoner Channel. We’ve collected our best high-times material for the discerning pothead so sit back, relax, and pass that shit on the left, yo. Tonight’s fantastic purpleage is from reader, Jorge Click here for…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Mar 7

Who Wants to Eat Anything, Stay Thin, and Never Exercise?

A compound in your brain that behaves similarly to pot holds the secret to everyone’s fantasy: being able to eat whatever you want and not exercise while staying healthy and not gaining weight. What a world that would be! So here’s hoping an experiment recently performed in mice can be easily translated to humans. But…

Health Kristen Philipkoski Mar 6

Bjork vs Bork, The Hide-A-Plant, Drum Solos, and BOOM! Headshots

Roll that spliff phatly, pack some fresh ice into the binger, and set the Volcano to “toastify.” It’s time for tonight’s Stoner Channel. We’ve collected our best high-times material for the discerning pothead so sit back, relax, and pass that shit on the left, yo. Click here for more hits from the bong. Tonight’s top…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Mar 6

Your Doctor’s Chicken Scratch Handwriting Could Kill You

Fifty families with unsuspecting kids in Chatham, New Jersey recently received a breast cancer drug from their local CVS instead of the fluoride pills they asked for. The kids took tamoxifen for months before anyone noticed. Outrageous, right? Actually, it’s all too common. Pharmacies across the country mix up names and prescriptions, or misread doctors…

Tech News Kristen Philipkoski Mar 5

‘Find My iPad’ Leads Cops to 780 Pounds of Crystal Meth

What happens when your iPad is stolen and you have Find My iPad turned on? Well you give your info to police, they track it down for you, and then seize 780 pounds of crystal meth in the process. Wait, what? According to the San Jose Mercury News, the discovery of $35 million worth of…

Tech News Adrian Covert Mar 5

How Marijuana Destroys Your Memory

The great cultural stereotype of pot smokers is the aging hippy, his or her brain turned to mush by too many years of the demon weed. But it turns out that marijuana really does impair your memory in the short term — and now we understand how that happens. Top image: The Blue Kids on…

io9 Tim Barribeau Mar 2

Meth Addict Accidentally Burns Down World’s Fifth-Oldest Tree (Updated)

Because Florida is running out of unique ways to embarrass itself, a 26-year old meth enthusiast set fire to and destroyed the world’s fifth oldest tree last month. While she was in it. Smoking meth. Sarah Barnes had climbed the tree to smoke, because where better to get high than in the branches of a…

Tech News Brian Barrett Mar 1

Star Wars lightsaber rolling papers, for your trip to the dark side

We sense an excellent disturbance in the force. One smart Star Wars fan has dreamt up lightsaber rolling papers, or “lightpapers.” Check out the concept art below created by Geekologie reader Matt H. We must concur, of all the illegal bits of Star Wars merchandise floating around out there, this is by far our favorite…

Movies Meredith Woerner Feb 28

Prescription Sleeping Pills Increase Risk of Death

Despite being freely prescribed across the US, a new study shows that sleeping tablets increase the risk of death for those taking them—and are associated with up to 500,000 extra fatalities a year in the US alone. And nobody knows why. A report published in the BMJ Open journal explains that common sleeping pills—like Restoril,…

Health Jamie Condliffe Feb 28

The street drug Love Boat comes in many brain-warping varieties

You see a YouTube video of a naked man refusing to give up as he fights off police officers for several minutes. The title mentions a drug called “Love Boat”, but with little of no detail of the ingredients in the drug. What is in this Love Boat that causes a fellow take off his…

io9 Keith Veronese Feb 26

The lowdown on that heroin vaccine everyone’s talking about

A vaccine to curb heroin dependence. It’s been the goal of scientists the world over for decades, but to date, not one has been released to the market. But that could soon change. Mexican scientists have developed a heroin vaccine that has proven to be effective in animal trials, and are now preparing to begin…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Feb 24

Drugs that Give People Awesome Superpowers

Where would we be without drugs? Half the great musical performances of the 20th century wouldn’t exist. There would be no Mork and Mindy. Walter Bishop would have nothing to inspire his research. But that’s not all that drugs do for us — they also give us amazing superpowers. Here’s a list of fictional drugs…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders and Ben Vrignon Feb 15

Ravers getting high off of cobra venom in India

Remember those rare cases of down-and-out souls getting loaded off of snake bites? Well, it looks like cobra venom has gone mainstream for a certain demographic of Indian partygoer. https://gizmodo.com/getting-stoned-on-cobra-bites-is-totally-not-advisable-5757176 India Today reports that Delhi police have busted snake smugglers who were corralling serpents to sell off their deadly saliva. Authorities recovered four cobras and…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Feb 15

Driving stoned doubles your risk of a serious car crash

Evidence suggests that driving high may be less dangerous than driving drunk, but driving stoned is still driving impaired — and assuming otherwise could get you killed. https://gizmodo.com/legalizing-marijuana-could-reduce-traffic-fatalities-5864321 A new paper, published in this week’s British Medical Journal, revealed that smoking pot within few hours of driving was associated with a nearly two-fold risk of…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Feb 10

The Miraculous NASA Breakthrough That Could Save Millions of Lives (UPDATED)

There are no hospitals in space. The closest E.R. is back on Earth, and astronauts can’t exactly jump in a cab to get there. So what happens if the sun burps out a massive blast of radiation while an astronaut is space-amblin’ by? The NASA Biocapsule—made of carbon nanotubes—will be able to “diagnose” and instantly…

Health Brent Rose Feb 8

Cancer is just as deadly as it was 50 years ago. Here’s why that’s about to change.

Why haven’t we cured cancer yet? It seems like almost every day, we hear about another miraculous advance in cancer treatment. Drugs that cause tumors to shrink, gene therapies, and even a possible vaccine. And yet, our loved ones keep dying of cancer. We spoke to cancer experts to find out why the death rate…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Feb 7

Would people abuse a marijuana mouth spray? Absolutely. Does it matter? Absolutely not.

British pharmaceutical company GW Pharmaceuticals has developed a medical marijuana drug called Sativex. The drug is delivered orally via a spray pump, and is the first of its kind to be produced by extracting high-inducing cannabinoids like THC (pot’s primary psychoactive ingredient) from the cannabis plant itself. GWPharma is slated to wrap up clinical trials…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Jan 31

Doctors Are Testing Special K as an Instant Depression Remedy

Part of why Special K—the drug, not the cereal—has become so massively popular in the club scene is because of its ability to instantly improve the user’s mood. Now, doctors in Texas are studying if that effect can help treat cases of severe depression. Conventional anti-depressants like Prozac are effective but take weeks, if not…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Jan 30

How Did 30 Pounds of Drugs Get Delivered to the United Nations?

Thirty pounds of cocaine was mysteriously delivered to the United Nations mailroom according to a report. There are no further details available about the incident, but it makes wonder how all of that blow got that far undetected. Just to be clear thirty pounds is a lot of cocaine. It’s not your local dealer’s eight…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Jan 27

How Researchers Measure a Mouse’s Mood

How to Destroy Your Detractors, Purple Squirrels, Big Dogs, and Bigger Shrimp

Who Wants to Eat Anything, Stay Thin, and Never Exercise?

Bjork vs Bork, The Hide-A-Plant, Drum Solos, and BOOM! Headshots

Your Doctor’s Chicken Scratch Handwriting Could Kill You

‘Find My iPad’ Leads Cops to 780 Pounds of Crystal Meth

How Marijuana Destroys Your Memory

Meth Addict Accidentally Burns Down World’s Fifth-Oldest Tree (Updated)

Star Wars lightsaber rolling papers, for your trip to the dark side

Prescription Sleeping Pills Increase Risk of Death

The street drug Love Boat comes in many brain-warping varieties

The lowdown on that heroin vaccine everyone’s talking about

Drugs that Give People Awesome Superpowers

Ravers getting high off of cobra venom in India

Driving stoned doubles your risk of a serious car crash

The Miraculous NASA Breakthrough That Could Save Millions of Lives (UPDATED)

Cancer is just as deadly as it was 50 years ago. Here’s why that’s about to change.

Would people abuse a marijuana mouth spray? Absolutely. Does it matter? Absolutely not.

Doctors Are Testing Special K as an Instant Depression Remedy

How Did 30 Pounds of Drugs Get Delivered to the United Nations?

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