Friday, 5. October 2007

Tasmanian Heroin Is Bad News for Junkies, Great News for Cops


Since Tasmania produces massive amounts of opium straw for the pharmaceutical industry, Australian cops want to know if any of the carefully-regulated crops are making their way onto the black market. To solve that problem, chemists at the University of Newcastle have found an easy way to identify heroin made from the island-grown poppies.

wired.com

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