Spatial, temporal and socioeconomic patterns of illicit drug use in New Zealand assessed using wastewater-based epidemiology timed to coincide with the census

CONCLUSIONS: This paper contextualises illicit drug use in three New Zealand regions containing 18.3% of the national population and confirms the pervasiveness of methamphetamine consumption in New Zealand towns. This work demonstrates how WBE can be used to explore the socioeconomic dimensions of drug use when duly combined with other data sources like censuses.PMID:34239158
Source: New Zealand Medical Journal - Category: General Medicine Authors: Source Type: research