Fight Breaks Out After Pair Who Were 'Like Brothers' Reportedly Took Psychedelic Drug Ayahuasca A spiritual retreat in Peru turned deadly when a 29-year-old Canadian allegedly stabbed a British man after the pair took a hallucinogenic brew. Local police allege Canadian Joshua Andrew Freeman Stevens killed Unais Gomes, 26, after Gomes attacked him with a knife Wednesday night. The incident occurred during a retreat near the city of Iquitos in the Peruvian jungle where the pair - who were reportedly "like brothers" - both ingested ayahuasca, a powerful psychedelic drug also known as "the vine of the soul." [continues 615 words]
McGill study found traces of substances in drinking water that could harm environment Trace amounts of cocaine, oxycodone and morphine, among other illicit and prescription drugs, have been detected in surface water in southern Ontario rivers, a new study says. The drugs originate in wastewater discharged into the Grand River watershed, according to aMcGill University report published last week in the journal Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. Limited quantities of certain drugs also remained in Ontario's drinking water, even after passing through a drinking water treatment plant, researchers said. [continues 242 words]
TORONTO - Trace amounts of cocaine, oxycodon and morphine have been detected in surface water in southern Ontario rivers, among other illicit and prescription drugs, a new study says. The drugs originate in wastewater discharged into the Grand River watershed, according to a McGill University report published last week in the journal Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. Limited quantities of certain drugs also remained in Ontario's drinking water, even after passing through a drinking water treatment plant, researchers said. "If the wastewater treatment plant - which is kind of an intense treatment that we do to remove these contaminants - is not able to remove fully the compound, we shouldn't expect the environment to remove it fully," said Viviane Yargeau, a chemical engineering professor at McGill and one of the study's authors. [continues 324 words]
