A Calgary researcher is flagging the importance of monitoring Alberta's wastewater for the presence of opioids and other lethal drugs, saying it could save lives.
Dr. Monty Ghosh has been monitoring wastewater for a research study and says the use of carfentanyl, a synthetic opioid used in veterinary medicine to tranquilize large animals, rose dramatically in June when drug overdoses in the province spiked.
Ghosh is one of the principal investigators on the study, working with Advancing Canadian Water Assets , the same facility that was part of the team monitoring wastewater in Alberta for SARS-CoV-2 during the pandemic. Xylazine is best known as being a veterinary care drug that started to circulate in the drug supply throughout North America.
"Wastewater surveillance through our sentinel network offers the potential to warn health providers to be alert for those presenting with compatible symptoms." It is supported through funding from the Mathison Centre for Mental Health Research at the Cumming School of Medicine as well as the Calgary Health Foundation.
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