Wastewater Analysis for Substance Abuse Monitoring and Policy... - 9780367132903

CRC Press

Wastewater Analysis for Substance Abuse Monitoring and Policy DevelopmentAuthor(s): Jeremy Prichard, Wayne Hall, Paul Kirkbride, Jake O'Brien\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: CRC Press\nISBN-13: 9780367132903, 978-0367132903\nSynopsis\nThis book addresses how to estimate substance use and thereby evaluate policies intended to reduce the harms caused by drugs and other substances. Wastewater analysis (WWA) can provide efficient, affordable, fine-grained and objective data on population substance use trends on a very large scale.\n\nThe authors discuss the potential implications of WWA as a new method for understanding substance use in a variety of settings and ignite a discourse with policy makers, criminologists, epidemiologists and other disciplines about the need for collaboration with WWA scientists. The book also features an explanation of the costs and harms of substance use with academic literature from criminological and epidemio.