StatCan Study Testing Wastewater Suggests Canadians’ Drug Use Varies by City

StatCan Study Testing Wastewater Suggests Canadians’ Drug Use Varies by City
Statistics Canada building and signs are pictured in Ottawa on July 3, 2019. Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press
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MONTREAL—A pilot project that analyzed wastewater in five major urban centres suggests Canadians’ may use drugs differently depending on which city they call home.

For example, the analysis by Statistics Canada showed cannabis levels are much higher in Montreal and Halifax than in Toronto, Vancouver, and Edmonton.