Source: Alexandra Mae Jones, CTV News, August 28, 2019
A new pilot test investigating traces of cannabis and illegal drugs such as cocaine and meth in wastewater from five major Canadian cities appears to show significantly different drug habits from coast to coast, as well as seasonal spikes in the usage of different drugs.
On Monday, Statistics Canada released the results of a 12-month study that looked at levels of different drugs in municipal wastewater samples from Halifax, Montreal, Toronto, Edmonton and Vancouver. The samples were taken between March 2018 and February 2019.
Halifax and Montreal had the highest levels of cannabis use, while Edmonton had the lowest. According to the wastewater results, cannabis use in Halifax and Montreal was 2.5- to 3.8-times higher than Vancouver, Toronto and Edmonton.
Image Source: THE CANADIAN PRESS/Lauren Krugel
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