Wastewater-based drug epidemiology explained
Channel: EU Drugs Agency (EMCDDA)
Date: 2016-12-09

Drug use is a complex, hidden and often highly stigmatised behaviour. This is also why measuring it is such a difficult task. Wastewater analysis is a rapidly developing scientific discipline 
that has the potential to provide objective and real-time data 
on geographical and temporal trends in illicit drug use at population level.

Read more: http://www.emcdda.europa.eu/activities/wastewater-analysis

Music: Alessandro Pirona.