Psychoactive Air

Posted by on May 16th, 2009 in doomed future, drugs, environs, health, urban


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A new study has found the air in Madrid and Barcelona is also laced with at least five drugs – most prominently cocaine.

The Superior Council of Scientific Investigations, a government institute, said on its website that in addition to cocaine, it found trace amounts of amphetamines, opiates, cannabinoids and lysergic acid -a relative of LSD – in air-quality control stations in the cities.

But it said there was no reason for alarm.

“Not even if we lived for a thousand years would we consume the equivalent of a dose of cocaine by breathing this air,” said one of its scientists, Miren Lopez de Alda, in the statement.

The scientific group added that “in no case should these levels be considered representative of the air in the two cities”.

In Madrid the test site was close to a ruined building believed to be frequented by drug dealers. And in both Madrid and Barcelona, the studies were carried out close to universities

Quote via telegraph.co.uk.

Thanks to LBA for the tip-off!

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