http://www.guardian.co.uk/drugs/Story/0,,1746333,00.html?gusrc=rss

For several months, he still felt he was under the influence of the drug, despite being bedridden.

FYI

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Q. I was clearing remnants of my least favorite insect out from under my sink, and the question struck me: Why do roaches die upside down?

A. "Entomologists can study some pretty esoteric things, but no one to my knowledge has probed why roaches generally (but not always) die feet up," replied David Grimaldi, curator of invertebrate zoology at the American Museum of Natural History.

"Roaches, however, are not the only insects to expire this way," Dr. Grimaldi continued. "This is commonly seen in other insects with a broad, hard back, like beetles. As an insect dies, its legs become rigid, like rigor mortis in humans, and they extend out. If the legs on one side extend out more than the ones on the other side, it will push the insect over, leaving it to flail on its back until it completely expires."

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