NCSA to test wastewater to determine drug use levels
Channel: Barbados Today
Date: 2024-02-06

The National Council on Substance Abuse (NCSA) will examine wastewater from Crop Over fetes and activities for drug content as part of a new drug abuse research initiative.

As the Council released the findings from the 2022 Barbados Drug Information Network (BARDIN) Report on Wednesday, research and information officer Laura Foster told reporters the sewage testing will be part of a move to ramp up research on drug use in Barbados under an internationally funded programme.