[Pharmwaste] Statistics Canada looking down the drain to determine levels of pot consumption

Ed Gottlieb EGottlieb at cityofithaca.org
Thu Feb 15 10:44:25 EST 2018


Thomas,



Testing of wastewater to determine levels of recreational drug use been widely done for cocaine, pot, and possibly other commonly abused drugs.  Not surprisingly, concentrations go up on weekends!  One reason these studies have been done is to better target prevention efforts.



In this case, the justification may be money.

"It is possible that if we're able to get the consumption numbers and figure out what legal sales are, we might be able to get some estimate of illegal consumption as well," he said.

Taxes are not collected on black market sales.



Ed Gottlieb
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From: Pharmwaste [pharmwaste-bounces at lists.dep.state.fl.us] on behalf of Thomas Hodges [hodgetf at auburn.edu]
Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2018 9:47 AM
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Subject: Re: [Pharmwaste] Statistics Canada looking down the drain to determine levels of pot consumption

Because they can, or is there another purpose for the research?

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From: Pharmwaste [mailto:pharmwaste-bounces at lists.dep.state.fl.us] On Behalf Of Edward Krisiunas
Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2018 6:36 AM
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Subject: [Pharmwaste] Statistics Canada looking down the drain to determine levels of pot consumption


http://www.timescolonist.com/statistics-canada-looking-down-the-drain-to-determine-levels-of-pot-consumption-1.23173463<http://www.timescolonist.com/statistics-canada-looking-down-the-drain-to-determine-levels-of-pot-consumption-1.23173463>
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