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How testing wastewater for drugs could help prevent overdoses

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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 segment aired on May 25, 2023.

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