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Ever been in love? You’ll know the rush. That’s chemistry at work. Our brain produces molecules such as 2-phenylethylamine, the mood enhancer also found in chocolate. But eating chocolate won’t make ...

It's made in laboratories, not grown on farmland or cultivated in a greenhouse. It's relatively cheap. It has medicinal powers. It was enshrined in popular culture by the critically acclaimed ...

When methadone was first proposed for the treatment of heroin addiction, it sounded like a pointless gambit — sort of like substituting vodka for gin. That’s enabling addicts, critics said, not ...

The increasing prevalence of amphetamine abuse has bolstered the demand for advanced analytical techniques that not only quantitate these stimulants but also distinguish their stereoisomeric forms.