Town Fighting Drug Epidemic Through Its Collections System

By monitoring wastewater for signs of drugs, Cary, North Carolina, hopes to gather more precise data that can help it combat the opioid crisis

Town Fighting Drug Epidemic Through Its Collections System

A collections system playing a role in the fight against drug abuse? That’s what is happening in Cary, North Carolina.

The town is setting up a system that will test wastewater from clusters of about 5,000 people to identify what drugs are being used. The data will be made...

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