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UW, OSU researchers work on community drug test

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Researchers in Washington and Oregon are working on a novel type of community-wide drug testing. They're studying sewage.

The researchers, from the University of Washington and Oregon State University, are doing testing at 10 sites in Oregon and 10 in Washington to measure the concentration of byproducts of cocaine, Ecstasy and methamphetamine use. They can then estimate...

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