The O.O. 2026 Mid-Year Street Drug Report
Source-grounded synthesis · evidence through July 12, 2026 Street-level illicit drug markets, and the limits of measuring them Prices, seizure volumes, and why no dataset measures what is actually sold in any state. Scope United States, national + 50 states For public health · criminology · forensic toxicology · policy…
Medetomidine
The Okorocha Firm Law + Science = Forensics Forensic Pharmacology / Emerging Adulterants Medetomidine: a veterinary sedative with a second life on the street A potent, highly selective alpha-2 agonist built as a precise, reversible animal sedative is now surfacing in the illicit opioid supply, where its own antidote does…
Nitazenes: Hundreds of times the Potency of Morphine
Nitazenes: An Old Drug Class Driving a New Wave of Synthetic Opioid Deaths | The Okorocha Firm N N Forensic Toxicology / Public Health Nitazenes: An Old Drug Class Driving a New Wave of Synthetic Opioid Deaths First synthesized in the 1950s and never approved for human use, the 2-benzylbenzimidazole…
Kratom: Evidence, Risks, and Regulation in 2026
Kratom: Evidence, Risks, and Regulation in 2026 Forensic Toxicology · Public-Health Review Kratom: Evidence, Risks, and Regulation in 2026 A neutral, source-grounded examination of Mitragyna speciosa — its ethnobotany, chemistry, pharmacology, patterns of use, purported benefits, documented harms, and the rapidly shifting legal landscape current through July 11, 2026. The…
L.A. County’s Most Unethical District Attorney
I have practiced in the Los Angeles County legal community for more than 23 years. During that time, I have appeared opposite hundreds of deputy district attorneys and, despite vigorous disagreements in court, I have never publicly criticized or complained about a prosecutor. That changed with this case. Based on…
Ed Barley continues to screw over L.A. County Public Defenders & Bilk L.A. County
This seems to happen almost every week. A public defender calls me because the defense expert they were counting on never showed up. Once again, it’s Ed Barley. Never trust Ed Barley, unqualified, with shallow intellect and dishonest! Despite being appointed and paid with county funds, he allegedly fails to…
Blood-Alcohol Tests Positive for Acetaldehyde
Acetaldehyde: The Fingerprint of Fermentation Forensic Toxicology · Field Note Acetaldehyde is the fingerprint of fermentation. A blood alcohol result tells you how much ethanol is present. It doesn’t tell you where the ethanol came from. One overlooked molecule does. CH3CHO · the intermediate microbes make ethanol from · the intermediate…
High Intelligence Is No Guard Against Irrational Beliefs
Brilliance Is Not Wisdom | Intelligence, Rationality, and Ideology Skip to article ∴ Rationality Notes Distinction History Mechanisms Sources Toggle theme Political psychology · ideology · reason Brilliance Is Not Wisdom Intelligence can sharpen reasoning. It can also sharpen rationalization. The decisive question is not how much cognitive horsepower a…
Intelligent People, But Irrational Political Beliefs
Why Smart People Believe Indefensible Things On Reason and Belief Why Smart People Believe Indefensible Things Intelligence is not a vaccine against bad ideas. Often it is the delivery system. By Scientist Sean There is a comforting assumption buried in the way we talk about belief: that error is a…
Suboxone Causes Tooth Decay
Suboxone and Tooth Decay: What the FDA Warning and the Science Actually Say Forensic Toxicology Review The Okorocha Firm pH 7.0 5.5 acidic oral surface The Film That Dissolves on Your Teeth Buprenorphine saves lives in opioid use disorder. The way it is delivered, dissolved against the teeth twice a…
GLP-1’s Extremely Rare Side-Effects
One Drug, Three Injuries: GLP-1 Agonists, the Stomach, the Pregnancy, and the Optic Nerve Forensic Notebook The Okorocha Firm One Drug, Three Injuries: GLP-1 Agonists and the Causation Question The same slowed-stomach pharmacology that makes semaglutide and tirzepatide work is now at the center of three separate injury theories: stomach…
Depo Provera & Intracranial Meningiomas
The Needle and the Meninges: Depo-Provera and the Rising Science of Intracranial Meningioma The Okorocha Firm Law + Science = Forensics Forensic Toxicology & Pharmacology The Needle and the Meninges A quarterly injection met an ordinary brain tumor, and the collision is now reshaping pharmacovigilance, product labeling, and the science of causation in court….
