Stoned

Either they had nothing much to do or they were really curious beings who cannot fight the itch "to find out". They are NASA scientists whose experiments have been included in "Useless Knowledge". Such "knowledge" may not really have any use at all, but these are certainly quite interesting - that even spiders do get stoned when they ingest "speed", "grass", "crack" and whatever else the pushers and users call them. So these NASA guys wanted to test the effects of some drugs on the ability of a spider to spin a web. The results, although possibly of no value at all, are rather amusing. A spider on marijuana could make only half of its web and gave up. Some spiders were given Benzedrine, called "speed" in the streets. They spun their webs very quickly but they produced them with odd patterns and large holes. So the drug is not called "speed" for nothing. Take note of this - some spiders were administered caffeine - not from Starbucks, I suppose - and they only spun some random threads. Others were given some sleeping pills and, guess what, they did not spin any web at all. Zzzzzzz! Many years ago, peer pressure made me try some of these streetwares but all it did to me was put me to sleep. So I never bothered to try again. The NASA scientists did a swell job demonstrating what havoc these things really do. If a stoned spider cannot spin its web properly, it will not survive. You can ask Spiderman!