It’s become a toad-al nightmare out west. The National Park Service has put out a PSA pleading with nature-goers to stop licking toads in the wild to get high off their gland-secreted psychedelic substance, 5-MeO-DMT. But toad licking for a ribbeting buzz — once spoofed on “Family Guy” — particularly from the Sonoran desert toad … Read more
A Hong Kong teacher has been arrested after posting instructions online that would allow anyone to create a highly flammable and poisonous gas. Officers from the Cyber Security and Technology Crime Bureau in China noticed the article — the author of which was not named in the press — in an online forum last month, … Read more
She barely escaped the kiss of death. An 11-year-old girl in Australia is lucky to be alive after unknowingly playing with one of the deadliest snakes on Earth. A clip of her potentially fatal play date is currently going viral as snake experts warn the public about the perils of handling the reptile. “The girl … Read more
Enlarge / A man holds a K2 cigarette in an area that previously witnessed an explosion in the use of synthetic marijuana, in East Harlem on August 31, 2015, in New York City. Just hours before President Biden unveiled a major effort to reform federal marijuana laws Thursday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention … Read more
Dr. Erika Kube The physician’s assistant I was working with in the emergency department had gone to see a patient for a complaint of itching and told me that that something didn’t feel right. Brian had been having issues with itching for the past several weeks and neither Benadryl nor a steroid prescription from his … Read more