From United Press International, July 6 (also on blogroll at right):
The physiological effects of prescribed drugs on freshwater species have been documented by dozens of studies, but less attention has been paid to the influence of illicit drugs on the behavior of aquatic animals.
In a new study, published Tuesday in the Journal of Experimental Biology, scientists in the Czech Republic found brown trout can become addicted to low levels of methamphetamine.
Previous surveys have revealed low levels of methamphetamines and other illicit substances in urban waterways.
"Whether illicit drugs alter fish behavior at levels increasingly observed in surface water bodies was [previously] unclear," lead study author Pavel Horký, researcher at the Czech University of Life Sciences in Prague, said in a press release....
....MUCH MORE
Although I feel for our finny friends, better them doing the crystal than the big reptiles:
"Police: Flushing drugs could create Alabama ‘meth-gators’"
Or the urban tree rats:
I guess the meth-fueled attack squirrel was just a sign of things to come.
Or the disease-ridden Florida primates:- Meanwhile In Florida: Monkeys With Killer Poo
- Meanwhile In Florida: The Herpes Infected Monkeys Are Now Roaming Northeast Florida
- Feral Herpes-Ridden Florida Monkeys Now Leaping Out of Trees
That last link in particular, like some demented para-scuba aquatic version of the flying monkeys of Oz should really hammer home the point, do not flush your meth into the sewer every time you hear a knock at the door you paranoid Florida idiots.
