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1. Because nobody on lobster boats uses drugs

Sat Aug 4, 2018, 10:27 PM

Aug 2018

It took be less than 5 seconds to find this:

https://tonic.vice.com/en_us/article/ev43gk/the-men-who-catch-your-lobsters-are-self-medicating-with-heroin

https://www.pressherald.com/2017/04/02/lobstermen-under-siege-heroin-epidemic-feeds-on-an-iconic-way-of-life/

I actually googled "lobster boat meth problem" guessing that the long hours they have to work without sleep would push them toward meth and other stimulants. The articles on heroin came up instead.

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Because nobody on lobster boats uses drugs bitterross Aug 2018 #1

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