10 comments

  • croemer 8 minutes ago
    The measured concentrations are on the order of 1-20 ng/mL in blood. Cmax in humans when taking those drugs are about 100-1000x higher.

    I wouldn't put too much weight on the finding that those with detections had different urea/lactate etc. There might be something underlying explaining both drug and physiology, like age.

    Could still be bad to have chronic exposure at such low levels - also fish physiology is different.

  • dobladov 2 hours ago
    This classifies Cocaine Shark as a documentary https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocaine_Shark
  • laughing_man 46 minutes ago
    I wonder how much of this is just that our tests are getting more sensitive.
    • croemer 32 minutes ago
      Exactly, the detection itself doesn't mean anything. Is the dose relevant? If not, then not. And the dose likely isn't relevant.
  • nashashmi 39 minutes ago
    Does that make for more aggressive sharks in the waters with unexplained behaviors?

    Is caffeine really that bad?

  • tcper 44 minutes ago
    Sharks obtain cocaine by eating people?
    • wkjagt 26 minutes ago
      Maybe it says something about the people taking cocaine and go swimming with sharks.
    • redsocksfan45 24 minutes ago
      [dead]
  • tskulbru 1 hour ago
    First it was cocaine bear, and now cocaine shark.
  • metalman 2 hours ago
    this clearly points to an previously unknown seasonal migration from wall st.
    • pixelpoet 1 hour ago
      The Shark of Wall St
      • Gravityloss 35 minutes ago
        Clearly there are missing parts, or opportunites, in the two trilogies.

        [Cocaine] Shark | Wolf | Bear [of Wall St]

    • throwanem 49 minutes ago
      Seasonal migration from Wall Street to the Bahamas? 'Previously unknown?' A bit déclassé maybe, but...
  • losthobbies 1 hour ago
    #justlikeus
  • stavros 1 hour ago
    After the "plastic glove" smoking gun the other day, I wonder if this is another instance of lab contamination making it into the results.
    • donkey_brains 30 minutes ago
      Unlike plastic gloves, researchers don’t typically bring these substances into the lab.
      • stavros 19 minutes ago
        Alas, that was the joke.
      • blitzar 10 minutes ago
        researchers party too