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The study aimed to test whether Taser devices have caused heart-related problems or death in meth-addled suspects
By Jeremy Hsu Posted 04.12.2010 at 5:18 pm Cocaine is a hell of a drug, but getting shocked with a Taser while riding high on methamphetamines probably beats any white-knuckled cocaine experience hands down. And that's exactly what happened to some lucky sheep in a new study that tested the effects of Tasers on meth-addled targets, funded in part by Taser International.
There's at least some scientific reasoning behind all the apparent madness. Growing abuse of methamphetamines has led to arrest-related deaths in situations where law enforcement officers used their Tasers on drug-intoxicated suspects. The latest study was designed to test whether electronic control devices (e.g. Tasers) can lead to dangerous cardiac responses in meth-intoxicated humans, with sheep standing in for people.
The less-lethal device of choice was the Taser X26, a standard law enforcement tool which can fire at suspects from a distance of 35 feet. Researchers shocked sixteen anesthetized sheep after dosing the animals with an IV drip of methamphetamine hydrochloride.
Some of the smaller sheep weighing less than 70.5 pounds suffered exacerbated heart symptoms related to meth use. But neither the smaller nor larger sheep showed signs of the ventricular fibrillation condition, a highly abnormal heart rhythm that can become fatal.
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Banned
Are these the "Electric Sheep" Philip K. Dick was referring to?
SoWal Expert
Are they sheared or will these results only apply to those wearing a wool sweater or having alot of body hair?
Banned
What do they count to get themselves to sleep is what I'd like to know?
SoWal Insider
...sounds like a waste of good meth to me...(I'm joking FTLOC!!!) 
SoWal Expert
How do you get the sheep to take meth?
Not a meth user, so fuzzy on the details, but don't you smoke it or snort it or do other non-sheeplike things?
Not a meth user, so fuzzy on the details, but don't you smoke it or snort it or do other non-sheeplike things?
Beach Fanatic
A shepherd was looking after his sheep on the side of a deserted road.
Suddenly a brand new Porsche
screeches to a halt. The driver, a young man
dressed in an Armani suit, Ray Bans, Tag Heuer
watch, White Cerutti shoes, tailor-made mauve
shirt, with a Boss tie.
He gets out and asks the shepherd 'If I can guess
how many sheep you have, can I keep one?'
The shepherd looks at the large flock of sheep and
says 'Okay'.
The young man connects his laptop to his mobile
phone/fax, enters the NASA website, scans the
field using his GPS, opens the database linked to
60 Excel tables, filled with logarithms and pivot
tables, then prints out a 150 page report on his
high tech mini printer. He studies the reports and
says to the shepherd 'You have 1586 sheep'.
The shepherd replies, 'That's correct. You can
have the pick of my flock.'
The young man packs away his equipment, looks at
the flock and puts one into the boot of the
Porsche.
As he is about to leave, the Shepherd says, 'If I
can guess what your profession is will you return
the animal to me?'
The young man thinks for a minute and says 'Okay'.
The shepherd says 'You are a Management
Consultant'.
The young man says 'Correct, how did you know?'
The Shepherd replied, 'Simple. First you came here
without being invited. Second you charge me a fee
for something I already knew. Third, you don't
understand anything about my business. - Now, can
I have my dog back?'
Suddenly a brand new Porsche
screeches to a halt. The driver, a young man
dressed in an Armani suit, Ray Bans, Tag Heuer
watch, White Cerutti shoes, tailor-made mauve
shirt, with a Boss tie.
He gets out and asks the shepherd 'If I can guess
how many sheep you have, can I keep one?'
The shepherd looks at the large flock of sheep and
says 'Okay'.
The young man connects his laptop to his mobile
phone/fax, enters the NASA website, scans the
field using his GPS, opens the database linked to
60 Excel tables, filled with logarithms and pivot
tables, then prints out a 150 page report on his
high tech mini printer. He studies the reports and
says to the shepherd 'You have 1586 sheep'.
The shepherd replies, 'That's correct. You can
have the pick of my flock.'
The young man packs away his equipment, looks at
the flock and puts one into the boot of the
Porsche.
As he is about to leave, the Shepherd says, 'If I
can guess what your profession is will you return
the animal to me?'
The young man thinks for a minute and says 'Okay'.
The shepherd says 'You are a Management
Consultant'.
The young man says 'Correct, how did you know?'
The Shepherd replied, 'Simple. First you came here
without being invited. Second you charge me a fee
for something I already knew. Third, you don't
understand anything about my business. - Now, can
I have my dog back?'
Banned
How do you get the sheep to take meth?
Not a meth user, so fuzzy on the details, but don't you smoke it or snort it or do other non-sheeplike things?
As soon as one of them does it, the rest just follow along. I mean they are after all just a bunch of sheep.
SoWal InsiderAuthor
i believe it was administered as a drip.....sheep drip
SoWal InsiderAuthor
instead of being cruel to animals, couldn't they pick volunteers from the county juror pool?
Beach Fanatic
Bob has become the "shock jock" of Sowal.com :shock:
SoWal Insider
There's been no follow up on the meth head sheep... are they OK? Were they able to get into rehab? 
SoWal InsiderAuthor
baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad situation for the sheepsters
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