Scientists Gave Cocaine to Salmon and You Will Absolutely Believe What Happened Next

After scientists exposed wild fish to cocaine and a cocaine metabolite, they observed that, as in the lab, fish on cocaine do ...

Cocaine Pollution in Waterways Likely Changing How Young Atlantic Salmon Behave, New Study Reveals

Researchers studied the effects of cocaine and its byproducts on juvenile Atlantic salmon in a controlled experiment ...

Drugged-up salmon swim nearly twice as far after cocaine exposure, shock study finds

SALMON exposed to cocaine swim farther than their drug-free pals, according to a study. It shows the illicit drug, which is increasingly found in rivers and lakes, changes how fish move, ...
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Cocaine Pollution Seems to Make Salmon Swim Farther Than Usual. Scientists Don’t Know the Long-Term Consequences

The illegal drug’s main byproduct, benzoylecgonine, caused more robust effects than cocaine itself. Wastewater treatment ...

Cocaine pollution alters salmon behavior in the wild, study reveals

An international study, led by researchers from Griffith University, the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, the ...

Study shows salmon exposed to cocaine swim longer distances... no kidding

A recent study found that wild salmon exposed to cocaine swam 7.6 miles farther than ones who weren't exposed to the drug, ...