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Podcast: Shark Week: The Podcast
Episode: Sharks on Drugs
Description: FACT: Abandoned bricks of cocaine wash ashore every year off the coast of Florida from drug smugglers evading the Coast Guard. FICTION: We need to be worried about cocaine fueled sharks. Your host Kasha Patel imagines what would happen if sharks consumed that cocaine and explores the science behind it. âBehavioral screening for cocaine sensitivity in mutagenized zebrafish,â by Tristan Darland and John E. Dowling âYes, âCocaine Bearâ Was Real. Hereâs the Back Story.â by Amanda Holpuch Powdered Cocaine Fast Facts, by National Drug Intelligence Center âAre âCocaine Sharksâ Really Scarfing Down Drugs off Floridaâs Coasts?â by: J...