On 8/25/2007 10:22:46 AM, Martin Lewis ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On 8/25/07, Robert Seeberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Oregon State University scientists tested 10 unnamed American > > > > cities > > > > for remnants of drugs, both legal and illegal, from wastewater > > > > streams. They were able to show that they could get a good > > > > snapshot of > > > > what people are taking. > > > > > > > Isn't this just what the UN do but they name the cities and it is > > > worldwide? > > > > > > http://www.unodc.org/unodc/world_drug_report.html > > > > Not that I can tell. I looked through the prefaces and the > > methodology > > and couldn't > find a mention of wastewater testing. > > Can you point to the relevant mentions? > > Check Section 4: Methodology. They have a graph of estimated cocaine > use based on waste water analysis on page 272. New York City is > number > one by some margin. >
Ahhh...OK! I don't think my browser downloaded the PDF in it's entirety the first time through. I thought I'd reached the bottom, but apparently I didn't. Yes, I see the similarity in method. The only difference I see is that the Oregon study looked at several drug traces and the UN report looks only at cocaine. Beyond that, the UN report clearly states that it is not the UN who does such testing, but that they gleaned the info from other sources. I wouldn't exactly call the studies "worldwide", it is pretty much just the US and Europe. But since the main clusters of end-users (drug users) are on these two continents the implications are significant and of interest. Significant and of interest no matter which side of the "drug-war" debate one falls on. I think also this could impinge upon 5th amendment debates. ATM, I'm on the fence, awaiting further news. xponent What Right Do You Have To Your Pee? Maru rob _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
