Is the opioid epidemic worsening? Is fentanyl continuing to pour into the community, or is the supply drying up? And how do special events like the Super Bowl and March Madness affect drug consumption in Las Vegas?

This episode takes a "deep dive" into how wastewater surveillance was used to assess illicit drug consumption in Las Vegas. This emerging public health tool can help identify high risk locations for overdoses and evaluate the efficacy of drug policies and interventions.

This is an AI-generated podcast created with NotebookLM based on a publication in Science of the Total Environment. The original article is available here: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.168369