Nathan sez, "Story from Reuters explains how an elephant was controlled by poachers using heroin-laced bananas. Echoes the drug-controlled dolphin 'Jones' in William Gibson's Johnny Mnemonic."
After police arrested the traders and freed Xiguang a few months later, the elephant was confirmed to be suffering from withdrawal symptoms and sent to a wild animal protection center in Hainan for rehab, Xinhua news agency said on Thursday.
A year of methadone injections at five times the human dosage had helped wean Xiguang off his addiction.
Drug-addicted elephant kicks heroin habit
(THanks, Nathan!)
