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    Drug Users Are Secretive; Their Sewers Tell All

    by Sarah Zhang Nov 19, 2013 2 minutes

    In London’s waste system, like this stretch of the King’s Scholars Pond Sewer, concentration of urinary biomarkers for ecstasy is among the highest of any European city. Jon Doe via Flickr

    The sewage doesn’t lie. 

    People, however, are less than honest when asked about things like their illicit drug use. Each year, the National Survey on Drug Use and Health knocks on the doors of some 70,000 Americans asking them detailed

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