Now, I have a Master’s degree and a graduate certification in the physiology of addiction, but I’m no pharmacology expert. To answer your questions or inform my writing, I do my research like anybody else, by reading textbooks, medical journals and bookmarking educational sites online. However, the world of pharma is one that is constantly evolving—new research, new theories, new theorists, new uses for old drugs—and it’s difficult to keep up with everything. One way to do it is to subscribe to news feeds, of course, but there’s nothing like a college student, medical student or grad student to bring a certain sarcasm and skepticism to the business of drug-making, buying and prescribing.

For those who have just started a new prescription or would like another opinion on the drugs they are currently taking or considering taking, these blogs and their writers would be a good place to get more information. All of them are open to hearing from you—your stories, questions and comments—so check out my top picks below.

• Drugs and Poisons run by Chris from Toronto, Ontario who describes himself as “a grad student who loves drugs and poisons.”
• The Angry Toxicologist describes himself as “a scientist in the public health sector, knows plenty about toxicology, and is occasionally angry about it all.”
• The Chem Blog retires and “unretires” periodically but when he posts he’s interesting, personable and thorough.
• PharmaGossip is another that blog that looks “beyond the spin” but “encourages gossip” on all things pharmaceutical.
• And lastly, one of my personal favorites, the snarky DoseNation, describing itself as a “collaborative “moblog” covering all aspects of modern drug culture - from art, music & literature to breakthroughs in pharmaceutical research; from shamanism and psychotherapy to drug policy around the world; from Ecstasy, cocaine and speed to alcohol, coffee, and benzodiazepines.”

For a more scholarly look at the same topic, you can check out the BBC’s guide to Classic Poisons, the Merck Manuals and online medical library, get up-to-date information on medications at the National Institutes of Health DailyMed and information on any medical topic including drugs and supplements as well as a medical dictionary and encyclopedia at Medline Plus.

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