Don't Drink The Water
March, 2006
When forensic scientists want hard evidence of cocaine use, they test a suspect's urine for benzoylecgonine, a metabolite created in a user's body. European scientists recently took this to the next level. They tested for cocaine in Italy's urine. More precisely, they sampled the Po, the country's longest river. Turns out the Po is brimming with coke and its by-products--about four kilos a day flows out of locals and into its waters, representing an annual street value of about $150 million.Adva...
