Influent wastewater analysis to investigate emerging trends of new psychoactive substances use in Europe.
Water research May 1, 2024 Noelia Salgueiro-Gonzalez, Frederic Béen, Lubertus Bijlsma et al. 46 citations
Wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) can provide objective and timely information on the use of new psychoactive substances (NPS), originally designed as legal alternatives of internationally controlled drugs. NPS have rapidly emerged on the global drug market, posing a challenge to drug policy and constituting a risk to public health. In this study, a WBE approach was applied to monitor the use...