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To perform wastewater analyses to assess spatial differences and temporal changes of illicit drug use in a large European population.
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This paper reviews one important correlate of the shortage, namely changes in patterns of illicit drug injection.
The last decade has witnessed significant changes in patterns of illicit opioid use in Canada [ 1].
Drug-related violence has not become a big feature of the drug trade in the region so far, but that may yet change.Local consumption of illicit drugs has also increased, but the region is neither prepared nor equipped to deal with the problem.
As such, this study provides the most actual evidence for the quantification of spatial differences and temporal changes in the consumption of illicit drugs across European regions.
When applied to the heroin shortage, the method has enabled Australian researchers to test theories about the interaction of cocaine and heroin markets [ 22, 23], and to extend current understanding of drug markets to investigate the health and social consequences of sharp changes in the availability of illicit opioids in an environment of effective and widespread harm reduction measures [ 4, 24].
But the program led to virtually no exit of illicit activity, no change in peer networks, nor any reduction in aggression or attitudes towards violence.
New methods are therefore needed not only to provide more realistic estimates of illicit drug consumption, but also to promptly detect changes in abuse trends in local populations.
Use of illicit drugs is associated with emotional and behavioural changes which make drug-taking assume precedence over other areas such as school, work, family and other relationships [ 4].
Wastewater analysis can thus complement survey methods for a clearer understanding of actual spatial differences and temporal changes in illicit drug use.
However, among those from higher SES groups, rates of current smoking decreased slightly and changes in illicit drug use appeared confined to 'cannabis only'.
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