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Fish can get hooked on meth, a troubling sign of how the drug can pollute water
Brown trout show signs of addiction and withdrawal when exposed to methamphetamine in their aquatic habitat, Czech researchers say.
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Methamphetamine pollution elicits addiction in wild fish
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