The River Poo

So, it's official, Italians and cocaine go together like the river Po and a literal shitload of raw sewage. In case you missed it, it was widely reported that Italians do a lot more coke than originally estimated. And BoingBoing prominently points out what most other news reports relegate to backstory: that the amazing new method scientists have discovered for measuring cocaine usage involves chemical analysis of poo in the water. Actually it's pee but it sounds grosser if I say poo.


That's the beautiful Po. If you look closely, you can see the chunks of floating turds. I, for one, have already booked my river cruise.