Cocaine in the water near the Houses of Parliament... That would explain so much.
People are grappling with the possibility that eels in London's famous river are getting high off of the cocaine-loaded sewer water than enters the waterway during storms.
Research by a team at King's College London found that Londoners are using the class A drug consistently throughout the week, with fears that it is now having an impact on the river's wildlife.
A report by the Sunday Times claims that scientists using a monitoring station near the Houses of Parliament found a constant low level of the drug entering the river.
The findings have been read alongside a separate report, published by the University of Naples Federico II last year, which showed eels became 'hyperactive' when placed in water containing a small dose of cocaine.
