High levels of cocaine in the Thames make eels hyperactive

Londoners take so much cocaine that we can find Clbad A drugs in the Thames – and that makes eels hyperactive.

Cocaine in the urine of users has been detected in increasing amounts, according to research conducted at the Thames Monitoring Station near Parliament.

The drug must be removed from the capital's water supply by treatment and dilution. However, research has shown that the system is failing and that the constant detection of cocaine could affect wildlife.

Londoners take so much cocaine that we can find Clbad A drugs in the Thames – and that makes eels hyperactive. More and more amounts of cocaine in the urine of users have been detected, according to research conducted at the Thames Monitoring Station near Parliament (image of the file)

The drug must be removed from the capital's water supply by treatment and dilution. However, research has shown that the system is failing and that the constant detection of cocaine could affect wildlife (image of the file).

Eels migrate each year between April and October on the Thames, but face many hazards and obstacles and are considered endangered.

They are usually found near the estuary and travel to Greenwich. The clbad A drug present in the water affects their behavior and makes them more erratic.

Research indicates that showers that overwhelm waste treatment plant systems and result in sewage into the river have added to the phenomenon.

"Increased caffeine, cocaine and benzoylecgonine [a metabolite] were observed 24 hours after the sewer overflow, "said researchers from King's College in London, Jonathan Leake, editor of The Sunday Times.

Cocaine use is increasing throughout the UK, resulting in appalling deaths.

Last year, the increase in deaths from cocaine use – which has almost quadrupled in seven years – has been revealed.

There were 432 drug-related deaths in England and Wales in 2017, up from 371 the year before and 112 in 2011, according to figures from the Office for National Statistics.

Eels migrate each year between April and October on the Thames, but face many hazards and obstacles and are considered endangered. They are usually found near the estuary and travel to Greenwich. Clbad A drugs found in water affect their behavior and make them more erratic (image of the file)

The drug must be removed from the capital's water supply by treatment and dilution. However, research has shown that the system is failing and that the constant detection of cocaine could affect wildlife (image of the file).

The number of drug-related deaths increased for the sixth year in a row, with 7.5 deaths per million population last year.

The United Kingdom has a higher rate of cocaine use than anywhere else in Europe, with 9.7% of people reporting using cocaine.

Cocaine powder is the second most commonly abused drug in Britain after cannabis, with 875,000 people reporting having used it in the past year.

One of the possible reasons for the increase in the number of deaths is that the purity of street cocaine in Europe has been increasing every year since 2010, according to the European Monitoring Center for Drugs and Drug Addiction.

Production in countries such as Colombia has also increased.

"We have seen an increase in the purity of cocaine year-over-year," said Dr. Prun Bijral, medical director of Change Grow Live's charity.

"We are seeing an increase in demand, increased availability and a lower price."