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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Richard Luscombe

Wastewater testing reveals high levels of cocaine in Nantucket, Massachusetts

a view of a lighthouse on the shore
The Brant Point lighthouse on 25 April 2020 in Nantucket, Massachusetts. Photograph: Maddie Meyer/Getty Images

Tests on wastewater in an upscale Massachusetts ocean resort town have revealed unexpectedly high levels of cocaine – up to three times the national average.

Officials in the town of Nantucket on the eponymous island off Cape Cod began testing its wastewater last summer “to monitor high-risk substances and opioids in the community”.

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