On the eve of the reception of populations from all over the world during the Olympic Games, it is a safe bet that in Paris they will be scrutinized with the greatest attention in the coming weeks in order to prevent any outbreak of epidemic: will wastewater become a tool of mass surveillance?
Which French resident knows that the use of six drugs (cocaine, cannabis, amphetamine, methamphetamine, heroin and ecstasy) is monitored annually and that the data is freely available on a website of the European Union Agency at drugs since 2011? Probably almost no one. However, the publication of a national study in 2013 on the subject caused controversy and was accompanied by outraged political reactions for the towns then identified as the highest consumers of certain illicit substances.
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