Fish are becoming addicted to methamphetamines seeping into rivers

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Humans excrete methamphetamines into wastewater, but treatment plants aren’t designed to deal with such substances.
Because of this, as treated wastewater flows into streams, so do methamphetamines and other drugs.

In some streams in the Czech Republic, methamphetamine concentrations have been measured at hundreds of nanograms per litre.
The researchers examined whether concentrations of methamphetamine and one of its byproducts, amphetamine could be detected in the brains of brown trout.

The trout were exposed to the drug in large tanks over 8 weeks and then put into withdrawal, going "cold turkey" in drug-free tanks for 10 days.
During that time, the researchers tested the fish's preference for fresh water or water containing methamphetamine and compared this with the responses of fish that had never been exposed to the drug.

The methamphetamine-exposed fish preferred the water containing the drug, while no such preference was shown for the untreated fish.

The methamphetamine-exposed fish had elevated levels of methamphetamine in their brain tissue and were also less active than normal – which might reduce their chances of surviving and reproducing.  The researchers interpreted this as a sign of stress or anxiety – typical signs of drug withdrawal in humans.

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[RAMROD 117,143]

Terrible.

but also,

Does that mean we will call it as flying fish?  

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watch me suck in river waters with a straw - a metallic one tho