Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the water…
Brazil has a problem. Well, Brazil has many problems, but I’m willing to bet this one wasn’t on anyone’s bingo card:
Cocaine Shark is already a horrible looking B-movie, but it’s also a reality as trace amounts of the drug have been detected in sharks near Brazil.
While a rampaging cokehead great white would undoubtedly make for an excellent antagonist, the reality is slightly less exciting and far more alarming in the grand scheme of things. Cocaine makes its way into the ocean through several avenues, including release from inadequate sewage treatment facilities and stray packets dropped into the water by smugglers that then get bitten open by wildlife (the latter scenario sounding rather familiar).
Due to these processes, traces of cocaine have been detected in sewage and surface waters in…
