[JackFr]

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.

[torvoborvo]

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.

[adityaathalye]

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

[stronglikedan]

> Spiders on Drugs

Obligatory: https://youtu.be/sHzdsFiBbFc