Comments on: Sewer Water Gives Glimpse Into Drug Use

Oregon State Researchers Sampled Wastewater Streams In 10 U.S. Cities

[billpl-2009]

I''d like to explain to these guys...

crawling up thru my toilet bowl
is no different than breaking down my front door.

[grammawhamma]

Takes on a whole new meaning as for Denver being the mile "high" city.

[susieq_13]

I''m so glad I have well water. The city I live in, their water taste nasty.

[random_radar]

You suspected government minds were in the gutter, but now they are in the sewer!

Affluent effluent shows that the rich recreate with cocaine on weekends...but the poor are stoned all week long. This explains how the rich get richer and the poor get poorer.

Cities have to meet air quality standards or lose federal funding. Soon they will have to meet drug-free sewage standards or lose federal funding! Drop a bag of cocaine down the toilet, and there goes the whole neighborhood...

[gunshack1]

I understand that the state of California does the most recycling of waste water. No wonder some of those people act so strange at times.

[tngreen]

Google "emerging contaminants." You''ll run right out and buy a water filter.

[Dublecros]

Well, may have to start peeing in the back yard......LOL

Have they thought about tapping into the waste water of the Capitol building or, heaven forbid, the White House?

[incountry]

We have a cistern and have used nothing but rain water for 7 years now . . . When I travel and have to stay in a hotel, the water sucks - it feels like it leaves something on my skin. I have heard that the drugs can not be filtered out of the recyled city water - not sure if it''s true.

[mbwinnsboro]

The money for this "research" had to come from somewhere. Perhaps it came from some of the oil industry windfall profits or maybe from Haliburton. Smoke and mirrors. Wave one hand to perpetuate the myth of a drug war so the lemming masses will be blinded to the deplorable state of education in our country, the give away of our major industries to foregin interests, the children in America that go to bed hungry, the epidemic of child sexual abuse, and as mentioned before, the highest prison rate in the world, much of it because of a victimless crime such as durg posession and I could go on and on with the panoply of social ills we Americans tolerate. Oh well, it seems like poking around in poop and pee is about all our leaders are capable of.

[gunownerdan]

Check out greywater.com, they have a way to re-use "used" waste water. You don''t have to put water into the sewers at all!
http://www.greywater.com/

[incountry]

How are these drugs removed from the water when this waste water is recycled and fed back to the populace as tap water?

[Syndicate]

This is no diffrent than the police helicopter that can see you toke up in your back yard. Except police helicopters can be shopt down.

[slim1h2o]

Posted by l8c6 at 10:56 AM : Aug 22, 2007

Higher gas prices always means higher prices for products that are shipped, made, or made from petrochemicals or fuel. It isn''t hard to figure it out. Privatization has been going on for decades now. Do you think we''re better off now? We''ve been selling our roads to Co''s. from other countries, I wonder if that had anything to do with the bridge collapse up in Minn. HHHHmmmm

[bobnjersey]

[if you don''''t do any of those nasty drugs like that life wreaking family''''s and community''''s nasty meth, who cares what they do. ]
[Posted by lilrich453 at 11:06 AM : Aug 22, 2007]

have you heard of the ''war on ignorance''?

it''s a new campaign being waged to enhance national security and return to our roots of god fearing morality.

they have a device like a police radar ... just drive by the house and it lights up ... they can detect ignorant fools (and so much more) ... and it''s adjustable ... so they can tweak it to detect all kinds of things ... both actions and thoughts ... smoking cigarettes, drinking, pornography, deception, jealousy, religosity, and other sundry categories.

do you mind if they drive by your house?

Oh stop your whinnying!! what''s anybody worried about, if you don''t do any of those nasty drugs like that life wreaking family''s and community''s nasty meth, who cares what they do.

[dems08]

We already have the highest percentage of our population in prisons... looks like we will have to keep building more!! The worst part of taking some drugs is it is like playing russian roulette with your rights. To me, it isn''t worth the risk of surrendering yourself to an out of balance legal system. So I guess it works, if we don''t mind throwing away so many people.

[l8c6]

slim1h2o,

They could not tax you at all and it wouldn''t be enough money, our infrastructure would surely collapse, everything would be privatized and the masses of people wouldn''t be able to participate in the reported booming economy.

When will this dumbed down nation of people realize when the oil industry doubles the price of gas it has far more impact on their lives than the local government adding a 10 cent gas tax. Do the math lemmings---corporations are ruling the world and it''s gonna get uglier as people continue to buy into the corporate media''s use of distraction to attack a government that already serves their needs. Give the people something to hate...distract them from the true enemyh. So while taxes are eliminated for the wealthiest 1 % and hundreds of more billionaires are created, millions of people in poverty will surface and hundreds of million will be working pay check to pay check until age 67 and beyond to maintain the gentry.

The old european world order will return while people are upset their drug infested **** is being tested.

[slim1h2o]

Wonderful, now can they fix the street drainage problem?
Posted by rushlimpdrug at 10:27 AM : Aug 22, 2007

Nope, They will continue to waste our money, Tax the middle class to extinction, and when the whole country is complete shambles and disrepair, they''ll look around looking all doey eyed, and say Oh well. At least we know is on drugs.

[l8c6]

All the responses are upset here but it''s not possible to pinpoint one individual unless you tie a metal tag to your ***.

I think this research is great. This nation is the harbor of boat loads of sociopathology. I think any methods that expose us for what we are is fantastic. This society needs to look at itself in the mirror more and more and better to start now because that''s exactly what we''re in the process of doing anyway.

[mbwinnsboro]

Don''t the feds and university researchers have any more critical concerns than to rummage through our fecal and urinary waste?