Meth gators: alligators that ingest crystal meth in the United States. The police in Tennessee warns about this. There are regular people who flush medicines and drugs like crystal meth down the toilet. This is not only bad for water quality, but also for animals that ingest the drugs.
“Employees who treat the sewage water are proud of releasing water that is cleaner than the outside water in the creeks. However, they are not prepared for meth ”, Loretto police wrote on Facebook. “Ducks, geese and other birds often swim in the treatment tanks. We shudder at the thought of seeing these animals trip on drugs. ”
Police issued the warning after a suspect who tried to flush methamphetamine was arrested. The drugs end up in the sewage system, then in retention basins and then downstream in the creeks. Here it enters the system of alligators and other animals ingesting the dangerous drug. "In the last weeks we have seen enough drugged animals." That's why police in Loretto are asking for drugs and medication to be delivered to their office to be destroyed so that it doesn't flush the toilet.
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