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Letter: High on science

Published 4 November 1995

From Richard Vialls

My cat likes New Scientist. Unfortunately, she does not like to read it – instead she likes to slobber on it and nuzzle the resulting mess. From this revolting behaviour, she seems to get a “high”. What is the hallucinogenic content in the paper or ink of this and other magazines, and is it worth us humans having a go?

Issue no. 2002 published 4 November 1995

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