Drugs

©  2009  Rose George

Researchers in Oregon have made the (not very surprising) discovery that “methamphetamine use is widespread in cities, small towns and rural areas, while cocaine and Ecstasy are less popular in rural areas,” by testing sewage. The tests showed that samples from 96 municipalities had traces of methamphetamine (as it can pass unaltered through the body); while a “chemical byproduct of cocaine was found in 80 percent of the samples, and Ecstasy, which also can pass through the body unchanged, was detected in 39 percent of the samples.” Full article here.