Sentences with phrase «illicit substance like»

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Brain scientist Professor Thomas Nowotny was surprised to find that the «nose» of fruit flies can identify odours from illicit drugs and explosive substances almost as accurately as wine odour, which the insects are naturally attracted to because it smells like their favourite food, fermenting fruit.

«This is very consistent with data from the [U.S.] Drug Enforcement Administration that shows a great increase in the trafficking and availability of synthetic opioids like illicit fentanyl over the past few years,» said lead researcher Christopher Jones, of the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.

For most of Bitcoin's nine years, it was viewed as either almost completely worthless — famously in 2010, 10,000 bitcoins were once traded in exchange for two pizzas — or as a more secure means to purchase illicit substances or services through shadowy online marketplaces like the Silk Road, Hansa, or Alphabay — all of which have since been shut down.

Challenges and Choices does this by focusing on medicines, poisonous substances and passive smoking in early childhood; energy drinks, tobacco and alcohol in middle primary; and alcohol, cannabis and other drugs (including illicit drugs like methamphetamine) in secondary school.