Posted on 05/30/2023 4:59:24 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- A San Francisco dog owner is warning other pet owners in the city of what happened to her dog, Pockets, after she got sick from ingesting human waste tainted with marijuana and opioids at a park in the city.
"I noticed she was eating something, so I ran over to see what she was eating and, unfortunately, it was poop," says Shepard.
It wasn't until several hours later Shepard noticed something was very wrong.
"At about 8 o'clock, she was wobbling, and her tail was down. Something was definitely wrong with her."
Documents from emergency care showed Pockets had symptoms from marijuana intoxication and there were opioids in her system --frightening enough on its own, but something else was alarming.
"Essentially, the doctor on that night told me this was relatively common, and she sees it a few times a week," says Shepard.
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I don’t know anything about drugs being in poop, but don’t bc pills for women get in our water system through their urine? And other drugs as well? They do urine tests for drugs. So it wouldn’t be too far fetched to think it could be in poop.
Yes, trace quantities (ppm) that are not metabolized by the person taking the medication (birth control pill, etc.) do, indeed, find their way into the sewage system, where they are diluted by "regular" sewage, flushed water, etc.. The concentration of the active agents in these medications are then further reduced during their passage through the biosphere. Eventually, they can wind up in our groundwater, but by then, the concentrations are in the parts per billion.
So: Your point?
Regards,
My point was my last sentence.
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