All Episodes
The Tox Lab — 92 episodes
Episode 91: Toxicology Results - What Does the Number Actually Mean?
Episode 90: Fentanyl: Toxicity, Testing and Interpretation
Episode 89: Absinthe: Thujone, Toxicity and the Myths of the Green Fairy
Episode 88: Decongestants - When Nasal Sprays and Eye Drops Become Toxic
Episode 87: Wastewater Analysis: Can Sewage Detect Emerging Drug Trends?
Episode 86: Silver Toxicity: Medical Uses, Argyria and Anaemia
Episode 85: Benzodiazepines and Alcohol: Does Cross-Tolerance Work Both Ways?
Episode 84: MDMA: Why Does Toxicity Differ Between People?
Episode 83: Grey Market Peptides – BPC-157, Melanotan II and Toxicity
EUDA 2026 Drug Report Livestream
Episode 82: Gabapentin and Pregabalin – Effectiveness, Trends and Toxicity
Episode 81: Alexander Shulgin – The Man Who Shaped Modern Psychedelics
Episode 80: Novel Benzodiazepines – Emerging Trends and Analytical Challenges
Episode 79: Kava – Tradition, Benefits and Toxicity
Episode 78: Strange Things in Strange Places – Poison Dart Frogs, Navalny and Epibatidine
Episode 77: Novel Synthetic Opioids – An Update on Emerging Trends
Episode 76: Naloxone - Access, Harm Reduction and Disparities
Episode 75: Kratom Is Changing - New Semi-Synthetic Compounds & Rising Harm
Episode 74: Codeine – Pharmacogenetics, Breastfeeding and the 2006 Lancet Case
Episode 73: Pesticides – Flowers, Food and Forensics
Episode 72: GHB – Forensic Toxicology, Detection and Interpretation (Part 2)
Episode 71: GHB – Patterns of Use, Harms and User Experience (Part 1)
Episode 70: Poison Centre Data – Insights into Drug Trends and Toxicology Surveillance
Episode 69: Alcohol – Fatal Complications of Chronic Misuse
Episode 68: Dopamine Agonists – Impulse Control Disorders and Gambling in Parkinson’s Therapy
Episode 67: Tetrodotoxin Toxicity – From Pufferfish to Forensic Casework
Episode 66: CBD and Sleep – Clinical Evidence and Emerging Mechanisms
Episode 65: Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors and Psychoactive Drug Interactions
Episode 64: Are Nitazenes Being Missed? Stability in Post-Mortem Toxicology
Episode 63: Bupropion Toxicity – Mechanisms of Cardiac Conduction Abnormalities
Episode 62: Methaqualone (Quaaludes) – From 1970s Sedative to Modern Analogues
Episode 61: Naloxone in the Age of Nitazenes and Ultra-Potent Synthetic Opioids
Episode 60: Detecting Harm Early - Drug Early Warning Systems Explained
Episode 59: When Is Toxicology Biochemistry? Exploring Drugs That Alter Glucose Metabolism
Episode 58: Marzipan, Almonds and Cyanide — A Toxicology Christmas Special
Episode 57: SSRIs and Seizure Risk - Rethinking Serotonin in Epilepsy
Episode 56: Cannabis and Heart Health — Unpacking the Evidence Behind Cardiovascular Risk
Episode 55: Space Oil – Etomidate in the Drug Supply and Its Toxicological Risks
Episode 54: From Nits to Novichok — A Deep Dive into Organophosphates
Episode 53: From Cosmetics to Creatures – A Mix of Unusual Poisonings
Episode 52: Errors in Toxicology – When Science Gets It Wrong
Episode 51: Brorphine – Could Orphines Be the Next Nitazenes?
Episode 50: One Year of The Tox Lab – Reflections, Updates, and What’s Next
Episode 49: Arsenic – A Victorian Poison in the Modern World
Episode 48: Mushroom Toxicology – Trends, Toxins, and Mislabelled Products
Episode 47: Clozapine – Unpacking the Complexities of a Unique Antipsychotic
Episode 46: The Kappa Hypothesis - Medetomidine, Dysphoria, and Hallucinations
Episode 45: Diarylethylamines – The Rise, Risks, and Disappearance of Ketamine Substitutes
Episode 44: Ozempic and GLP-1 Weight Loss Drugs – Benefits, Overdose, and Counterfeits
Episode 43: Toxicology Mysteries – A Series of Poisoning Cases
Episode 42: 2C-B vs Tucibi (Pink Cocaine) – What’s the Difference?
Episode 41: Can One Dose Cure Addiction? The Promise and Peril of Ibogaine
Episode 40: Nicotine – From Potential Benefits to Hidden Dangers
Episode 39: Plastic in the Fentanyl - Why should we care about BTMPS?
Episode 38: Death Cap Mushrooms – Amatoxins and the Erin Patterson Case
Episode 37: Nitazene Metabolites in Post-Mortem Casework
Episode 36: AI in Toxicology - Potential and Pitfalls
Episode 35: Xylazine and Other α2 Agonists – Clinical and Forensic Perspectives
Episode 34: Cocaine + Alcohol – Cardiac & Hepatic Consequences
Episode 33: Tianeptine – From Antidepressant to Gas Station Heroin
Episode 32: Toxic Tails - A Look at Common Pet Poisons
Episode 31: Inside the EUDA 2025 Report - Drug Trends Across Europe
Episode 30: Methamphetamine Enantiomers Explained - Mirror Image Molecules in Drug Testing
Episode 29: Delta-8 THC vs Delta-9 THC - How One Double Bond Alters Clinical Effects
Episode 28: Bicycle Day — Albert Hofmann and His Historic LSD Trip
Episode 27: Ketamine - The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
Episode 26: Beyond Broscience: The Toxic Truth About SARMs
Episode 25: Mitragynine and 7-Hydroxymitragynine – Uncovering Kratom’s Alkaloids
Episode 24: What is in that Vape?
Episode 23: Death Coffee and Penconazole Toxicity
Episode 22: Harold Shipman Part 2: Exhuming the Truth
Episode 21: Harold Shipman - Dr Jekyll of Hyde
Episode 20: Nitrous Oxide: No Laughing Matter
Episode 19: Poppy Seed Toxicity: The Truth Behind the Bagel
Episode 18: A Soldier, a Smuggler, and a Cocaine Bear: Tales of Meth and Mayhem
Episode 17: Decoding Time of Death: The Post-Mortem Interval and Toxicology Challenges
Episode 16: Synthetic Cathinones
Episode 15: Toxic TikTok Challenges
Episode 14: Have we reached peak Nitazene?
Episode 13: Mice, Music, and Methamphetamine Toxicity
Episode 12: Slushie Poisonings
Episode 11: The Rise of Street Benzodiazepines
Episode 10: Elephant in the Room: The Tusko Experiment
Episode 9: New Year, New Risks: The deadly side of fitness fixes
Episode 8: Festive Poisons
Episode 7: Truth or Bias - self reporting vs lab testing
Episode 6: Methanol Poisoning
Episode 5: Swedish poisonings and sauna deaths
Episode 4: Bromazolam and Desalkylgidazepam
Episode 3: Psychedelics
Episode 2: Semi-Synthetic Cannabinoids and N-Ethylhexedrone
Episode 1: Nitazene and Xylazine