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Jessica Bell

A public health nurse for nine years, Jessica Bell, RN, brings direct community experience to the editorial staff at Biology Insights, where her reporting centers on substance safety. She worked in emergency rooms and local syringe exchange programs in Ketchikan, Alaska, where she shares her home with a retired racing greyhound. Bell studied nursing at Georgetown University.

What Is Similar to Quaalude? Modern Drugs and Their Dangers
Is Ketamine Dangerous? Side Effects and Long-Term Risks
What Does Fentanyl Come From? Synthetic, Not Natural
What Does Meth Do to Someone Who Has ADHD?
What Is Liquid Xanax? Prescription vs. Street Drug
Does Narcan Help With a Fentanyl Overdose?
What Does Narcanned Mean? Signs, Effects, and Risks
Can You Smoke Morphine? Safety and Risks
Can You Die From an Antipsychotic Overdose?
Long-Term Effects of Xanax: Risks to Brain and Body
How Many Anavar Cycles Per Year Are Safe?
What Is the Difference Between Methamphetamines and Amphetamines?
What Is Purple Fentanyl and Why Is It Dangerous?
Is Ketamine an Upper, Downer, or Something Else?
How Long Narcan Stays in Your System and Why It Matters
Why Do People on Fentanyl Bend Over?
Can Fentanyl Cause Psychosis or Hallucinations?
What Drugs Cause Psychosis and How Long It Lasts
Why Do People Take Fentanyl: Medical Use and Misuse
What Is a Synthetic Opioid and How Does It Work?
How Does Fentanyl Kill You? Why Even a Tiny Dose Is Fatal
What Is in Fentanyl: Prescription vs. Illicit Forms
What Drugs Have Fentanyl: Rx Pills to Street Drugs
Can LSD Cause Serotonin Syndrome? The Real Risks
What Is Pressed Adderall and Why Is It So Dangerous?
What Drugs Age You? The Science of Accelerated Aging
What Disorders Was Methamphetamine Prescribed for in the 1950s?
What Is a Robo Trip? The Effects of Dextromethorphan
What Happens If You Snort Guanfacine?
Why Are Steroids Addictive? The Biological Explanation