From Sugar and Spice to Cocaine and Heroine in Drinking Water

According to Sara Castiglioni of the Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research in Milan, Italy, a new review study discussed in National Geographic News found that illegal drugs have become “widespread” in surface water in some of Europe’s populated areas. Active byproducts of cocaine, heroin, marijuana, and ecstasy are released into the sewage stream through [...]