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A reportedly ultrahigh-potency street drug called W-18 has been garnering increasing press coverage since it was found in August 2015 in three of 110 pills thought to be fentanyl that were seized in a drug bust outside of Calgary. The western Canadian provinces of Alberta and British Columbia had already been suffering from illegal trade […]

The Internet is rife with “safe” and often “legal” ways to get high, or produce mind-altering effects from a number of synthetic, or man-made, materials. Convenience stores and gas stations are selling these substances under the guises of “plant food,” “herbal incense,” “potpourri,” “jewelry cleaner,” and “research chemicals.” These substances are often labeled “not for […]

Honeywell carves out a niche in lab chemicals he research chemical industry is largely one of two extremes. On one end is the 800-lb gorilla created in 2015 when Merck KGaA acquired Sigma-Aldrich. On the other end are the many small specialists that dot the scene. Arnaugh Verhaeghe sees opportunity in between. Verhaeghe is general […]