Wastewater-based estimates of cannabis and drug use in Canada : pilot test detailed results / by Tim Werschler, Andrew Brennan.: CS11-621/109E-PDF
"Legalization of cannabis production, sale, and use in Canada on October 17, 2018 serves as the context for the implementation of the largest wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) pilot test conducted to date in North America (covering 8.4 million people) and the first by a national statistical agency. Wastewater samples were collected in five large urban centres across Canada over the period March 2018 to February 2019. In addition to presenting the results by month and by city for certain drugs, this document presents preliminary estimates of total use of cannabis, methamphetamine, and cocaine"--Provided by publisher.
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| Department/Agency | Statistics Canada. |
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| Title | Wastewater-based estimates of cannabis and drug use in Canada : pilot test detailed results / by Tim Werschler, Andrew Brennan. |
| Series title | Analysis in brief, 1707-0503 |
| Publication type | Series - View Master Record |
| Language | [English] |
| Other language editions | [French] |
| Format | Electronic |
| Electronic document | |
| Note(s) | Issued also in French under title: Estimation de la consommation de cannabis et de drogue au Canada à partir des eaux usées : résultats détaillés du test pilote. "Release date: August 26, 2019." Issued also in HTML format. Includes bibliographical references (page 13). |
| Publishing information | [Ottawa] : Statistics Canada = Statistique Canada, 2019. ©2019 |
| Author / Contributor | Werschler, Timothy James, 1963- author. |
| Description | 1 online resource (13 pages) : illustrations. |
| ISBN | 9780660322018 |
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| Departmental catalogue number | 11-621-M |
| Subject terms | Drug abuse -- Canada -- Epidemiology. Sewage -- Analysis. Drug abuse -- Canada -- Statistics. |
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