/oss/taxonomy/term/2784/all en /oss/article/medical/melatonin-safe-sleeping-aid <hr /> <p><em>This article was originally posted in the <a href="https://montrealgazette.com/opinion/columnists/christopher-labos-is-melatonin-safe-as-a-sleeping-aid">Montreal Gazette.</a></em></p> Fri, 05 May 2023 10:00:00 +0000 Christopher Labos MD, MSc 9501 at /oss /oss/article/infographics-general-science/science-behind-worlds-most-popular-drug <p>Last year I worked at a coffee shop on ƽÌØÎå²»ÖÐ campus. If you ever want to feel appreciated at work, try putting on the first pot of coffee for a bunch of sleep deprived college students and professors. Grateful does not even begin to describe it. Everywhere you go people love their coffee – 90% of North American adults consume some form of caffeine daily, making it the most widely used psychoactive drug of all time. So what's the science behind this funny little molecule?</p> Mon, 18 Sep 2017 18:24:06 +0000 Cassandra Lee, OSS Intern 2629 at /oss