Dose Makes The Poison: The Toxcast

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A podcast about forensic toxicology and chemistry. We talk about drugs, poisons, and forensic science in the news and pop culture. A NAYK Network Production.
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Published 2023-01-04

That's Not Popeye's Spinach!

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Welcome to episode 23 of Dose Makes the Poison: The Toxcast! Today, let's talk about when eating spinach goes wrong, aka hallucinogenic spinach! That's definitely not Popeye's spinach!


Intro and outro music is Psychedelic Mushrooms by T Morri.


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Welcome to episode 21 of the Toxcast. Synthetic cannabinoids and bleeding. Let's talk about it.

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Intro and outro music is provided by T Morri. It is titled Psychedelic Mushrooms.

Welcome to episode 20 of Dose Makes the Poison: The Toxcast. In today's episode, I sit down for a chat with forensic toxicologist Dr. Justin Brower. We talk about careers, forensic science, postmortem toxicology, poisons, scopolamine, writing, chili peppers, and I even throw in some tox poetry.

Intro and outro music is Psychedelic Mushrooms by T Morri.

Clip from Wolf of Wall Street is sourced from my legally purchased copy of the film.

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Published 2021-05-11

Run for the Betamethasone...errrr...Roses

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Welcome back to Dose Makes the Poison: The ToxCast. In today's episode, we look at the recent Kentucky Derby winning horse, Medina Spirit, and a positive drug test for the glucocorticoid Betamethasone. 


Intro and outro music is Psychedelic Mushrooms by T Morri.

Audio clips used in this podcast episode are meant for educational purposes.

Published 2020-10-13

Tales of (Un)Poisoned Halloween Candy

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Welcome to episode 13 of Dose Makes the Poison: The Toxcast. In this episode, I talk about the myths surrounding drugs and poisons in halloween candy and set the record straight.


Intro and outro music is Psychedelic Mushrooms by T Morri.

News clip audio was recorded from YouTube.

Episode 12 of The Toxcast is here. And today, I'm talking about what in the Oleander is going on with the Benadryl Challenge?

Oleander and Benadryl (DIphenhydramine) are the topic of this episode.


Intro, segue, and outro music is Psychedelic Mushrooms by T Morri.

Clip of The Rock is from an old DVD of mine - I do not own the license.

Clip of Oleander's I Walk Alone is from their album February Son (1999) - I legally purchased the CD, but do not own the licenses to the song.

If you have any issues with the use of sound in this episode, please contact me at dosemakesthepoisonpodcast@gmail.com and we can take care of it. Do not sue me. I have no money.

Episode 9 of Dose Makes the Poison: The Toxcast.

Let's talk about Digitalis (digoxin, digitoxin) and Convallaria (convallatoxin) - what are these plants? What are these poisons? How do they work in the body? Have they been used for murder? Poisonings? Have they been referenced in pop culture?

All audio clips are taken from Kevin Shanks' music and movie archives in which he personally purchased. He does not own any licenses to any of the sounds or music, but used them for discussion and educational purposes. If you have an issue with their use in this podcast episode, please contact dosemakesthepoisonpodcast@gmail.com.

Intro and Outro music is Psychedelic Mushrooms by T Morri.

Published 2020-04-10

How To Fix A Drug Scandal (Netflix)

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Episode 8. When Things Go Real Bad In The Lab. Two forensic toxicologists (Dr. Justin Brower and I) chat about the new Netflix documentary series, How To Fix A Drug Scandal - directed by Erin Lee Carr. Yes, this is a series about drug lab chemists, Annie Dookhan and Sonja Farak. Give it a watch and then give us a listen!

Welcome to episode 7 of Dose Makes The Poison: The Toxcast. In today's episode, I talk about heroin, fentanyl, and fentanyl analogs (fentalogs). What are these substances? How do they act in the body? Is passive exposure to police and emergency personnel in the field a real thing? Give it a listen. Find it here or on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.

Officer Collapses After Suspected Fentanyl Exposure

Pensacola Police HQ Temporarily Locked Down After Officers Possible Exposed to Fentanyl

ACMT / AACT Position Paper on Fentanyl Field Exposure

Media Reports of Unintentional Opioid Exposure of Public Safety First Responders in North America

Intro and Outro music is Psychedelic Mushrooms by T Morri.

Published 2019-12-09

Toxicology in the Movies (Knives Out)

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It's episode 3 of Dose Makes The Poison: The Toxcast. I love when I see forensic toxicology in film and tv. And today, the new murder mystery film, Knives Out, is on the menu. Let's talk about the intersection of forensic toxicology and Knives Out. There are spoilers in this episode - and I do give an explicit spoiler warning - but I'll warn you here again. Spoilers, baby.

Intro and outro music is Psychedelic Mushrooms by T. Morri.

Welcome to episode 2 of Dose Makes the Poison: The Toxcast.

A Brief Introduction to Forensic Toxicology

Episode 2 is a quick discussion about what forensic toxicology is, what forensic toxicologist does, and what terms/phrases does a forensic toxicologist use. 

Email: DoseMakesThePoisonPodcast@gmail.com

Published 2019-12-05

The Background

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Welcome to episode 1 of Dose Makes the Poison: The Toxcast.

The Background

Episode 1 is an explainer about what this podcast is going to be, who I am, and what I want to get out of this show.

Email: DoseMakesThePoisonPodcast@gmail.com