/oss/taxonomy/term/2865/all en /oss/article/general-science/real-breaking-bad-story <p>As a chemistry professor, I find it particularly appalling when a member of the profession goes astray. That is just what Professor Bradley Allen Rowland did at Henderson State University in Arkansas. In a real-life version of the hit TV show "Breaking Bad” Rowland was caught making methamphetamine. And he was caught because it seems he was somewhat clumsy.  </p> Fri, 03 Dec 2021 23:07:39 +0000 Joe Schwarcz PhD 8941 at /oss /oss/article/did-you-know/what-makes-hard-drugs-hard-and-soft-drugs-soft <p>If you ask almost anyone if they know what a hard <span name="searchHitInReadingPane">drug</span><span> is, they’ll nod enthusiastically. Ask them to define a </span><a href="https://www.government.nl/topics/drugs/how-does-the-law-distinguish-between-soft-and-hard-drugs" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">hard vs a soft <span name="searchHitInReadingPane">drug</span></a><span> however and the nodding might stop.</span></p> Wed, 29 Nov 2017 21:45:55 +0000 Ada McVean B.Sc. 6838 at /oss