The use of fentanyl, cannabis and methamphetamines spiked early in COVID-19 pandemic, according to a Statistics Canada study, which analyzed wastewater in major Canadian cities.
To get this latest data, government researchers looked at wastewater in Halifax, Montreal, Toronto, Edmonton, and Vancouver; and then analyzed the chemicals in the water which are created when peoples’ bodies break down a drug.
Since 2019, the wastewater survey has been looking at samples from the cites’ various wastewater treatment plants. The latest study compared samples from March to July 2019 and from January to July 2020.Evidence bags containing fentanyl are displayed during a news conference at Surrey RCMP Headquarters, in Surrey, B.C,, on Thursday, September 3, 2020. A search warrant executed at a residence yielded a seizure that included 3.
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