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Trivia # 156: With doses of methadone for elephants

15 April, 2010
Toxicological trivia from April 15, 2010:An Asian elephant that became addicted to heroin after being fed bananas spiked with the drug was to return home in September 2008, after undergoing a detox programme. The four-year-old animal, called Xiguang, received methadone injections at five times the human dosage, state media said, during:
a) A month;
b) Six months;
C) A year.

Trivia # 156: With doses of methadone for elephants
Correct answer c. Read more in Spanish article: With doses of methadone for elephants. Also in BBCnews: Elephant cured of drug addiction
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