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The determination of illicit drug consumption in populations through wastewater biomarker analysis (sewage epidemiology)

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Estimating illicit drug consumption using population surveys can be complicated and unreliable due to biased participation. Sewage epidemiology offers a more objective approach to estimate the consumption of illicit drugs through the quantitative measurem ent of drug biomarkers in urban wastewater. The approach has the potential to provide accurate data on drug use, but there is a need to assemble experts from the fields that encompass sewage epidemiology (i.e. engineering, chemical analysis, pharmacology, epidemiology). The workshop will lead to the improved understanding of the uncertainties, knowledge gaps and potential of the approach and to the development of strategies to tackle these issues.

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