Ellis D. Tripp writes "Researchers have developed a technique for determining what illicit ****s people might be consuming in a given area, by testing a sample from the local sewage treatment plant. As little as a teaspoonful of untreated wastewater can reveal **** use patterns in a given community. Obviously, any ****s found can't be tied to any specific user, but how much longer until the **** warriors want to deploy automatic sampling units farther upstream of the sewage treatment plant?" From the article: "one fairly affluent community scored low for illicit ****s except for cocaine. Cocaine and ecstasy tended to peak on weekends and drop on weekdays, she said, while methamphetamine and prescription ****s were steady throughout the week."
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