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….
Lamictal & Serious Stevens-Johnson Syndrome Risk
Lamotrigine and Stevens-Johnson Syndrome | The Okorocha Firm The Okorocha Firm Law + Science = Forensics Forensic Pharmacology A Rash That Reads Like Evidence Lamotrigine carries a boxed warning for Stevens-Johnson syndrome. The science of how that injury happens, and when, maps almost line for line onto the questions a…
“Pink Cocaine” Isn’t Cocaine & is Dangerous
Pink Cocaine Isn’t Cocaine — The Dark Reality of “Tusi” Forensic Toxicology · Public Health Pink CocaineIsn’t Cocaine A candy-colored powder is sweeping nightlife from Bogotá to New York. Almost nothing about it is what the name promises. By The Desk Long read · 7 min Updated 2026 A pink,…
Ninth Circuit Rulings Cause Open-Carry Law Confusion
Open Carry in California: Why the Headlines Outran the Law The Okorocha Firm Notes on California Law Second Amendment · Status Update Open Carry in California: Why the Headlines Outran the Law A Ninth Circuit panel struck down the urban open-carry ban in January. The full court has since voted…
California’s Age-Appropriate Design Code Act Decision
Half a Loaf for California’s Kids-Online Law The Okorocha Firm Notes on California Law Technology · Children Online Half a Loaf for California’s Kids-Online Law On its second look at the Age-Appropriate Design Code, the Ninth Circuit put the age-estimation rule back in play while keeping the data-use and “dark…
Badges, the Border, and the Supremacy Clause
Badges, the Border, and the Supremacy Clause The Okorocha Firm Notes on California Law Federal Supremacy · Law Enforcement Badges, the Border, and the Supremacy Clause The Ninth Circuit paused California’s “No Vigilantes Act,” ruling the state likely cannot force non-uniformed federal agents to display identification. Here is what the…
