Salmon exposed to cocaine and its main byproduct roam more widely

Re:Salmon exposed to cocaine and its main byproduct roam mor... by JackFr on Tuesday April 21, 2026 @01:05PM (#47851509)

1) Reading the original article as far as I understand, indicates that the dose given the fish is 1000x than is seen in the wild.

2) From a public policy standpoint, OMG, this more than useless. Cocaine is already illegal everywhere.

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Re:Salmon exposed to cocaine and its main byproduct roam mor... by adityaathalye on Tuesday April 21, 2026 @01:34PM (#47851894)

Based study. https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(26)...

Cringe sciencedotorg coverage... TL;DR: Doped Salmon wild. Wild Salmon dopey.

But a lot more fun in pictures; Spiders on Drugs, courtesy NASA.

Quoted Photos: https://rarehistoricalphotos.com/nasa-spiders-drugs-experime...

Source: Using Spider-Web Patterns To Determine Toxicity: https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19950065352

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Re:Salmon exposed to cocaine and its main byproduct roam mor... by stronglikedan on Tuesday April 21, 2026 @01:48PM (#47852039)

> Spiders on Drugs

Obligatory: https://youtu.be/sHzdsFiBbFc

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Re:Salmon exposed to cocaine and its main byproduct roam mor... by torvoborvo on Tuesday April 21, 2026 @01:28PM (#47851820)

Does more or less cocaine end up in waterways because it is illegal? I would think the amount that ends up in the ocean in relation to failed trafficking may exceed the additional amount from higher usage particularly since not all wastewater is poorly treated and coastal.

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