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The Tox Lab — 77 episodes

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Episode 77: Novel Synthetic Opioids – An Update on Emerging Trends

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Episode 76: Naloxone - Access, Harm Reduction and Disparities

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Episode 75: Kratom Is Changing - New Semi-Synthetic Compounds & Rising Harm

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Episode 74: Codeine – Pharmacogenetics, Breastfeeding and the 2006 Lancet Case

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Episode 73: Pesticides – Flowers, Food and Forensics

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Episode 72: GHB – Forensic Toxicology, Detection and Interpretation (Part 2)

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Episode 71: GHB – Patterns of Use, Harms and User Experience (Part 1)

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Episode 70: Poison Centre Data – Insights into Drug Trends and Toxicology Surveillance

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Episode 69: Alcohol – Fatal Complications of Chronic Misuse

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Episode 68: Dopamine Agonists – Impulse Control Disorders and Gambling in Parkinson’s Therapy

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Episode 67: Tetrodotoxin Toxicity – From Pufferfish to Forensic Casework

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Episode 66: CBD and Sleep – Clinical Evidence and Emerging Mechanisms

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Episode 65: Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors and Psychoactive Drug Interactions

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Episode 64: Are Nitazenes Being Missed? Stability in Post-Mortem Toxicology

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Episode 63: Bupropion Toxicity – Mechanisms of Cardiac Conduction Abnormalities

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Episode 62: Methaqualone (Quaaludes) – From 1970s Sedative to Modern Analogues

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Episode 61: Naloxone in the Age of Nitazenes and Ultra-Potent Synthetic Opioids

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Episode 60: Detecting Harm Early - Drug Early Warning Systems Explained

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Episode 59: When Is Toxicology Biochemistry? Exploring Drugs That Alter Glucose Metabolism

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Episode 58: Marzipan, Almonds and Cyanide — A Toxicology Christmas Special

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Episode 57: SSRIs and Seizure Risk - Rethinking Serotonin in Epilepsy

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Episode 56: Cannabis and Heart Health — Unpacking the Evidence Behind Cardiovascular Risk

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Episode 55: Space Oil – Etomidate in the Drug Supply and Its Toxicological Risks

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Episode 54: From Nits to Novichok — A Deep Dive into Organophosphates

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Episode 53: From Cosmetics to Creatures – A Mix of Unusual Poisonings

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Episode 52: Errors in Toxicology – When Science Gets It Wrong

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Episode 51: Brorphine – Could Orphines Be the Next Nitazenes?

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Episode 50: One Year of The Tox Lab – Reflections, Updates, and What’s Next

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Episode 49: Arsenic – A Victorian Poison in the Modern World

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Episode 48: Mushroom Toxicology – Trends, Toxins, and Mislabelled Products

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Episode 47: Clozapine – Unpacking the Complexities of a Unique Antipsychotic

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Episode 46: The Kappa Hypothesis - Medetomidine, Dysphoria, and Hallucinations

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Episode 45: Diarylethylamines – The Rise, Risks, and Disappearance of Ketamine Substitutes

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Episode 44: Ozempic and GLP-1 Weight Loss Drugs – Benefits, Overdose, and Counterfeits

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Episode 43: Toxicology Mysteries – A Series of Poisoning Cases

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Episode 42: 2C-B vs Tucibi (Pink Cocaine) – What’s the Difference?

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Episode 41: Can One Dose Cure Addiction? The Promise and Peril of Ibogaine

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Episode 40: Nicotine – From Potential Benefits to Hidden Dangers

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Episode 39: Plastic in the Fentanyl - Why should we care about BTMPS?

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Episode 38: Death Cap Mushrooms – Amatoxins and the Erin Patterson Case

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Episode 37: Nitazene Metabolites in Post-Mortem Casework

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Episode 36: AI in Toxicology - Potential and Pitfalls

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Episode 35: Xylazine and Other α2 Agonists – Clinical and Forensic Perspectives

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Episode 34: Cocaine + Alcohol – Cardiac & Hepatic Consequences

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Episode 33: Tianeptine – From Antidepressant to Gas Station Heroin

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Episode 32: Toxic Tails - A Look at Common Pet Poisons

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Episode 31: Inside the EUDA 2025 Report - Drug Trends Across Europe

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Episode 30: Methamphetamine Enantiomers Explained - Mirror Image Molecules in Drug Testing

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Episode 29: Delta-8 THC vs Delta-9 THC - How One Double Bond Alters Clinical Effects

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Episode 28: Bicycle Day — Albert Hofmann and His Historic LSD Trip

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Episode 27: Ketamine - The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

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Episode 26: Beyond Broscience: The Toxic Truth About SARMs

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Episode 25: Mitragynine and 7-Hydroxymitragynine – Uncovering Kratom’s Alkaloids

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Episode 24: What is in that Vape?

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Episode 23: Death Coffee and Penconazole Toxicity

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Episode 22: Harold Shipman Part 2: Exhuming the Truth

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Episode 21: Harold Shipman - Dr Jekyll of Hyde

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Episode 20: Nitrous Oxide: No Laughing Matter

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Episode 19: Poppy Seed Toxicity: The Truth Behind the Bagel

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Episode 18: A Soldier, a Smuggler, and a Cocaine Bear: Tales of Meth and Mayhem

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Episode 17: Decoding Time of Death: The Post-Mortem Interval and Toxicology Challenges

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Episode 16: Synthetic Cathinones

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Episode 15: Toxic TikTok Challenges

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Episode 14: Have we reached peak Nitazene?

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Episode 13: Mice, Music, and Methamphetamine Toxicity

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Episode 12: Slushie Poisonings

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Episode 11: The Rise of Street Benzodiazepines

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Episode 10: Elephant in the Room: The Tusko Experiment

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Episode 9: New Year, New Risks: The deadly side of fitness fixes

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Episode 8: Festive Poisons

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Episode 7: Truth or Bias - self reporting vs lab testing

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Episode 6: Methanol Poisoning

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Episode 5: Swedish poisonings and sauna deaths

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Episode 4: Bromazolam and Desalkylgidazepam

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Episode 3: Psychedelics

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Episode 2: Semi-Synthetic Cannabinoids and N-Ethylhexedrone

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Episode 1: Nitazene and Xylazine