Identifying the Next Drug Epidemic by Testing Municipal Wastewater (In Focus Brief)
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Identifying the Next Drug Epidemic by Testing Municipal Wastewater (In Focus Brief)

Published: Jun 01, 2018
Publisher: Washington, DC: Mathematica Policy Research
Health Disability Mental Health and Substance Use Population Health Justice Health and Well-Being Opioids Data Analytics Advanced Analytics Data Management
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Key Findings

Key Findings:

  • When used in combination with geospatial mapping and advanced analytics, wastewater-based epidemiology has the potential to help officials predict rather than react to changes in drug use.
This document presents municipal wastewater testing as an innovative approach that can augment existing data by providing more rapid, cost-effective, and unbiased measures of drug use.

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