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How testing wastewater for drugs could help prevent overdoses

Some public health officials are using lessons from the pandemic to try to track illicit drugs in the wastewater. The data could help officials craft local treatment strategies and prevent overdoses.

KQED’s Lesley McClurg reports.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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