U of M expert David Ferguson says amphetamine use in the NFL is boosting sports performance unfairly …

The recent deaths of two North Dakota teenagers and “Sons of Anarchy” actor Johnny Lewis have been tied to designer drug 2C-I, a drug more commonly known as “smiles”.

The most startling part of actor Lewis’s apparently drug-induced death was the violence involved.

Before reportedly killing himself, Lewis is alleged to have brutally murdered both his landlady and her cat. Later reports detailed that the 28-year-old actor had been arrested on multiple counts this year, previously attacked neighbors and suffered from other mental health issues.

According to Dave Ferguson, Ph.D., a professor in the Department of Medicinal Chemistry at the University of Minnesota’s College of Pharmacy, violent actions resulting from the use of the drug smiles is somewhat unusual …

If you plug the word “Molly” into a search engine, not all the results you’re going to find have anything to do with women named Molly.

Instead, you’ll find information pertaining to what appears to be an up-and-coming club drug that could have dramatic and negative public health ramifications.

Molly, short for molecule, has been dubbed a “purer” form of ecstasy and, according to a recent report by CNN, the drug is becoming more prevalent in the 16 to 24 year-old crowd at summer music festivals and the overarching music industry.

Dave Ferguson, Ph.D., a professor in the University of Minnesota’s College of Pharmacy, says the “purer” connotation surrounding molly stems from the high percentage of MDMA (or 3,4-methylenedioxy-N-methylamphetamine, a modified methamphetamine) contained within the drug.