Illicit drug use is complex, hidden and often highly stigmatized behaviour, which brings a
vast challenge for drug surveillance systems. Drug consumption can be estimated by …

Wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) has been consolidated as a tool to provide real-
time information on consumption of legal and illegal drugs of abuse by the population …

The extent of prescription and illicit drug abuse in geographically isolated rural and
micropolitan communities in the intermountain western United States (US) has not been well …

In recent years, many scientific studies have focused their efforts on quantifying the different
types of pollutants that are not removed in wastewater treatment plants. Compounds of …

Wastewater-based drug monitoring is a complementary tool that has been used worldwide
in recent years, and many cities have periodically reported monitoring results. However, this …

Wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) was applied to estimate illicit drugs consumption at
a provincial scale in southwest China. A large-scale wastewater sampling campaign was …

Pharmaceuticals are indispensable for human and animal health. After use, the active
agents and their metabolites are excreted and impact the environment via different …

According to current surveys and overdoses data, there is a drug crisis in the USA.
Wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) is an evolving discipline that analyses wastewater …

Wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) is a complementary, well-established
comprehensive, cost-effective, and rapid technique for monitoring of illicit drugs used in a …

A national wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) monitoring campaign has been initiated
to determine the trends in drug consumption in Turkey since 2019. This study aimed to …