The Legend of Zombie Drugs Will Not Die
Journalists continue to claim that the Causeway Cannibal was under the influence of synthetic cathinones.
Bath Salts
The Zombie Drug That Wasn't
Four years after the "Miami cannibal attack," a critique of the press coverage reveals familiar patterns.
The Legend of the Miami Cannibal Provides Lessons in Shoddy Drug Journalism
A new analysis of TV reports about a shocking crime rumored to be caused by "bath salts" reveals familiar patterns.
New Study Confirms That Molly Users Don't Know What They're Taking
Surveys combined with hair tests indicate that MDMA adulteration is common.
The Year's Best Drug Scares
Impossibly potent marijuana edibles, formaldehyde in e-cigarettes, pills of war, MDMA disguised as Halloween candy, and superhuman flakka zombies.
The Five Best Drug Scares of 2015
Super-potent pot, formaldehyde in e-cigarettes, the supersoldier pill, MDMA in trick-or-treat bags, and "$5 insanity"
Survey Data Highlight the Tenuous Relationship Between Drug Panics and Reality
Fear of meth, bath salts, salvia, MDMA, and heroin correspond loosely, at best, to actual trends in drug use.
Flakka 'Turns People Into Zombies,' Just Like Krokodil and Jenkem
Flakka-fortified humans reportedly are stronger than Vulcans.
Is Banning Designer Drugs Constitutional?
If Congress insists on telling adults what substances they may not consume, the least it can do is specify the substances.
The Puzzling Popularity of '$5 Insanity'
Flakka is the worst drug ever yet somehow also the "hot new drug of choice."
CBS News Revives the Myth That 'Bath Salts' Cause Cannibalism
How could a drug Rudy Eugene never took make him chew off someone's face?
Flakka User Demonstrates 'Superhuman Strength' by Failing to Break Into a Police Station
Miami TV station warns that alpha-PVP is extremely dangerous and extremely popular.
United Nations Frets Over Increasingly Popular Designer Drugs
Unintended consequences of prohibition, bitches
New Zealand Restricts Synthetic Drugs
Makers will have to "prove" safety of new products
The 5 Best Drug Scares of 2012
Meth babies, deadly energy drinks, fake pot, higher schools, and the drug that makes you eat people's faces
LAPD Says Banker Suing over Abuse Delusional Due to Bath Salts
Admitted he used it in a recorded conversation
The Devil in Rudy Eugene
The "Miami Cannibal" story reflects our perennial readiness to believe that drugs make people do evil.
