Needle

Drug abuse has become a prominent issue in Mexico City, the injection needle represents the material involved in the drug’s human consumption, specifically, cocaine consumption. The country has witnessed a rise in cocaine abuse since the 90s, and the trend is going up as a by-product of regional drug trafficking. Drug adoption has left a trace in the soil, cocaine (COC) and its metabolites, benzoylecgonine (BE) has been detected in the wastewater and will be stored in the agriculture soil through irrigation process.