Magic mushroom-infused products appear in Colorado gas stations – what public health officials want consumers to know

By David Kroll, Professor of Natural Products Pharmacology & Toxicology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

A Denver food and cannabis investigator became suspicious of PolkaDot-branded chocolate bars sitting next to convenience store energy shots and nicotine pouches in January 2026.

Months earlier, California public health officials warned about PolkaDot-branded chocolate bars. California authorities destroyed more than US$3 million of the chocolate after laboratory testing revealed added synthetic…

Read complete article

~	Tax changes taking effect in 2026 may boost the number of donors but lead to the US missing out on an estimated $5.7B a year in charitable giving

~	Why universities still struggle to make degrees accessible for disabled students

~	How did the courts backlog get so bad?

~	The graduate jobs market is tough right now. An entrepreneurship expert explains how to go it alone

~	My research on wheelchair basketball challenges one of the biggest assumptions about sex differences in sports

~	Pets & their People explores the long, strange history of human-animal companionship

~	Why developing nations could be the first to suffer as the Middle East conflict raises food prices

~	How a new plan for protein could transform the UK’s national security

~	Cancer vaccines could transform treatment and prevention – but misinformation about mRNA vaccines threatens their potential

~	Researchers develop biodegradable, plant-based packaging from natural fibers – new research