department of defense Pentagon issues warning to soldiers: do not eat poppy seeds Carla Sinclair

drugs Human overdoses on the rise from rhinoceros anesthetic that's 100 times more potent than fentanyl Allan Rose Hill

vaccines Research raises hopes Fentanyl vaccine may be answer to Opioid Use Disorder Andrew Yi

milk Is synthetic milk harvested from genetically modified yeast "vegan"? Andrew Yi

video games Check out this free narrative video game adaptation of HP Lovecraft's DAGON Thom Dunn

cats Scientists: Catnip activates cats' opioid receptors like heroin does in people, also acts as mosquito repellent David Pescovitz

Francis Rynd The first hypodermic needle Miss Cellania

conservation The way we study giraffes is exhilarating and stressful Thom Dunn

sponsored If Cannabis Is "A Potential Way To Prevent COVID-19" Then Why Is Trump Blocking Research? Boing Boing

amazon Woman received Amazon box filled with narcotics and a form from the Drug Enforcement Administration David Pescovitz

drugs A sober look at kratom, a psychoactive plant that has many claimed benefits, and has also inspired a moral panic Cory Doctorow

Weird Cops say Florida woman climbed into store ceiling to hide from them Xeni Jardin

coca-cola Cook whips up a batch of 1886-recipe Coca-Cola Séamus Bellamy

law Deposition of opioid profiteer Richard Sackler reveals his bizarre defense: definitional games and insistence that words mean their opposite Cory Doctorow

art The concepts Frank Lloyd Wright never built Rob Beschizza

Drug bust Oops, man panics and snitches on himself about $500 million opium poppy field Carla Sinclair

obits Mandy Johnson, 1953-2015 Rob Beschizza

happy mutants djBC and friends release a legal mashup album on vinyl Cory Doctorow

picks Prince: death by ignorance and fear Maureen Herman

fiction The Man Who Sold The Moon Cory Doctorow