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Breathe in the Cocaine

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A while back, we had a HAWT post about how Money is Very Dirty.  Now, this wasn't dirt, dust or mud on the bills...  This was trace cocaine.  Seriously.  Check out that HAWT article.  Then start favoring your credit card.

Well, the hunt for drugs progresses.  Forget surfaces, let's check the air!  A new technique has been developed that finds airborne drugs.  Airborne drugs, an urban pollen.  This was put to test in two Spanish cities: Madrid and Barcelona. 

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(That's Madrid's central post office.) 

Obviously, they found something, or HAWT wouldn't be reporting on it.

Heroin and Morphine

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I learned something insanely interesting while taking a Drug Delivery class at MIT that has stuck with me since (little else has, to be honest).  In order to understand drug delivery to the brain, we learned about the "blood-brain barrier" that--though pressure gradients, chemical barriers and other sassiness--has a tight control on what gets into the brain via the blood stream.  It's smart as hell because the brain is quiiiiiiiiite sensitive, and having molecules just float in there would lead to some craziness.  It also makes drug delivery to the brain quite difficult.

This "blood-brain barrier" makes it hard for morphine to get into your brain.  It's a good thing, because morphine, like all other opiates, drives chaos in the nervous system.  If that affect were to flood into the brain, well that would be a bit of a mess.

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