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Gauging Local Illicit Drug Use in Real Time Could Help Police Fight Abuse

Posted June 11, 2014 11:25 AM

From EurekAlert! - Breaking News:

The war on drugs could get a boost with a new method that analyzes sewage to track levels of illicit drug use in local communities in real time. The new study, a first-of-its-kind in the US, was published in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology and could help law enforcement identify new drug hot spots and monitor whether anti-drug measures are working.

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06/11/2014 12:52 PM

The're tapping our sewerage....You don't need a crystal ball, or even a porta potty, to answer this question....

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06/13/2014 4:50 PM

Are you implying that they don't need to test the sewage to see if the anti-drug efforts are working???

I would rather they monitor the sewage for drugs in order to understand if the sewage treatment methods are effective in purifying the water.
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06/13/2014 5:51 PM

The're not....

http://www.newrepublic.com/article/115883/drugs-drinking-water-new-epa-study-finds-more-we-knew

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06/14/2014 9:08 AM

As your data shows, law enforcement does not reduce drug abuse. Law enforcement can only incarcerate an abuser. Drug abuse happens in people of all backgrounds, creed and work ethics.

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06/13/2014 6:28 AM

So what do they do? Find an increased reading at the sewage plant and swim upstream to find the source?

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06/14/2014 2:55 PM

Don't fire till you see the pink buttocks of the enemy!

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06/15/2014 12:27 PM

Which drugs are they looking for?

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