A modern medicine descended from a notorious street drug. A patient awake but seemingly absent. And a medical use that led to murder charges and criminal convictions.

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An interactive emergency and forensic medicine case involving dissociative drug effects, altered mental status, pain treatment, airway monitoring, and controversies in prehospital care.

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The painful “disease of kings.” A toxic plant that became a centuries-old treatment. And evidence that prehistoric animals suffered from the same disease.

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An interactive medication-toxicity case involving gastrointestinal illness, low blood counts, organ failure, drug interactions, and the narrow margin between therapy and poisoning.

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Illicit alcohol that can steal a person’s sight. Prison rules designed to prevent homemade fermentation. And a Prohibition-era policy that made contaminated liquor even deadlier.

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An interactive medical toxicology case involving adulterated alcohol, severe metabolic acidosis, visual injury, delayed diagnosis, dialysis, and competitive-antidote therapy.

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A smuggling method that often exploits pregnant women and children. A hidden drug package that turns into a massive overdose. And the grim reality of a “drug loo.”

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An interactive emergency and forensic medicine case involving internal drug concealment, packet rupture, sudden toxicity, imaging decisions, decontamination, and emergency surgery.

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A workplace poison linked to pathological shyness. A mysterious illness once called dancing-cat fever. And a possible toxic thread in the death of John Wilkes Booth.

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An interactive occupational and historical toxicology case involving tremor, personality change, nerve injury, chronic exposure, and the challenge of recognizing a slow-moving poison.

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A poison that can make someone delirious and combative. A newly supported antidote for a life-threatening syndrome. And a medicine derived from a bean once used in African witchcraft trials.

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An interactive clinical toxicology case involving plant or medication exposure, hallucinations, overheating, rapid heart rate, urinary retention, and antidote selection.

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A common product abused for a brief high. A teenager whose heart stops without warning. And a surge of fear that can make the danger even worse.

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An interactive emergency medicine case involving inhalant abuse, cardiac sensitization, sudden arrhythmia, resuscitation hazards, and the diagnostic challenge of an invisible exposure.

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A ritual built around poisonous frog secretions. An ordeal people seek out in the name of healing. And a cascade of vomiting, collapse, and potentially fatal complications.

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An interactive medical toxicology case involving alternative-medicine exposure, severe vomiting, low sodium, altered mental status, seizures, and dangerous fluid imbalance.

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A family of poisons whose name means “newcomer.” A targeted victim who collapses within minutes. And attackers who somehow walk away without protective equipment.

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An interactive chemical-warfare and emergency medicine case involving nerve-agent exposure, pinpoint pupils, seizures, respiratory failure, decontamination, and time-critical antidotes.

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A poisoning that affects millions of people every year. A pesticide with roots in chemical warfare. And a wildlife poison said to kill a lion within a few steps.

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An interactive environmental toxicology case involving agricultural exposure, secretions, muscle weakness, respiratory failure, decontamination, and urgent antidote therapy.

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