Lessons on Drugs

Helping you understand how drugs work so you can make informed decisions about the substances you use (whatever they may be).

By Lauren Cortis
β€œDie Hard? Alien invaders? Lauren has fantastic analogies to help explain drug interactions with our bodies. Don't miss them! Entertaining and so informative, I learned a lot about what's really going on when caffeine and other substances hit the system.”...”
Tim Ebl πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦, Time2Thrive
β€œThe funniest Substack I have come across, hands down. Lauren manages to mix analogising brilliance with genuinely interesting, well, lessons on drugs. One of the best scientific communicators around!”...”
Alex Mendelsohn, The Psychiatric Multiverse
β€œIf you're looking for a writer who makes complex topics like drugs and their effects on the body understandable , I highly recommend Lessons on drugs. Lauren has a remarkable way of weaving in pop culture references, like Batman and Willy Wonka, to explain the science in a clever, captivating way.”...”
Francis F, A view from here