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• Analysis of illicit drugs, medicines, and pathogens in wastewater is a powerful tool for epidemiological studies to monitor public health trends.
• A change in drug use was visible at the beginning of the SARS-CoV-2 crisis. Thereafter from mid-2020, no obvious effect was detected with regard to the regulations against SARS-CoV-2 infections on concentration of drugs in wastewater.

Oertel, R., Schubert, S., Helm, B. et al. Drug consumption in German cities and municipalities during the COVID-19 lockdown: a wastewater analysis. Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Arch Pharmacol (2023). 10.1007/s00210-022-02377-2

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