High and Wired
From poppy to peptides: a tour of the molecules that divide a private clinic from a warning label.
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FOUR BOOKS. ONE UNEQUAL WORLD.
The science is shared.
The privilege isn’t.
FIELD NOTES / THE SERIESPublic record.
Private privilege.01—04 THE CHEMICAL DIVIDE
Private privilege.01—04 THE CHEMICAL DIVIDE
Drugs. Money. Unequal access.
CREATIVE NONFICTION / DARK SATIRETHE COLLECTION / 01—04
Follow the molecule.
Follow the money.
Four ways into the same system.
Read in order, or start where it hurts.
The Cartel Ledger
Submarines, spreadsheets, and the business behind the drug war. Every empire keeps accounts.
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The White Coat
Patents, co-pays, and the price of access. Inside the business that puts a fence around a tablet.
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The Synthetic Age
Designer molecules and laws that chase them. The next chapter of chemistry doesn’t grow. It is written.
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Same molecule.
Different world.
A private clinic. A cartel ledger. A patent office. A lab that never sleeps.
The Chemical Divide follows the substances, systems, and fortunes that connect them. Told by a self-described “creative taxpayer,” these four books bring a darkly comic voice to the distance between those who make the rules and those who live with them.
Each volume stands alone. Together, they trace the same question: who gets access, who gets paid, and who gets the warning label?
Creative nonfiction blending public record with invented narrative texture. For adult readers.
THE SATIRICAL GAME
How to commit
the perfect crimes.
Opium. Cocaine. Cannabis. Opioids.
Six drug stories. Every choice leaves a receipt.
The poppy wants an empire.
The opioid wants a white coat.
THE CHEMICAL DIVIDE / THE QUIZ
Know your chemistry?
Coffee, medicine, and a few
surprising suspects.
Score 0
Choose an element here, or click a glowing tile on the table.
Six questions. No timer. Just chemistry.
THE ANSWER BOARD / 118 ELEMENTS
Atomic number · Symbol · Element name. Quiz explanations include their sources.
Element reference: IUPAC ↗FROM HIGH AND WIRED
“I am a creative taxpayer who happens to have a chemistry problem.”Meet the narrator