“Study measuring traces of psychotropic drugs in the air of eight major Italian cities has alarming results. As they say, ‘when in Rome, do as the Romans do’ — which apparently involves partaking in psychoactive drugs, if a new study is to be believed, reports the Los Angeles Times. Researchers at Italy’s Institute of Atmospheric Pollution Research recently published a report that tested levels of psychoactive drugs in the air of eight major Italian cities: Palermo, Rome, Bologna, Florence, Turin, Milan, Verona and Naples. They found that residents are probably taking in measurable levels of cocaine and marijuana just by breathing the air. Of the eight, Turin was the city with the highest total drug concentration; Palermo had the least. Some cities favored certain drugs disproportionately to others; in Florence, marijuana was the drug of choice. That may not come as a surprise, given the number of college students regularly adrift within that city.” w/ photos
