Blind Flight in the Drug Fight: Switzerland Puts Important Monitoring on Ice

Neue Zürcher Zeitung

Lean Right

Factuality

Ownership

Switzerland is flooded with cheap cocaine. Crack consumption is increasing, and soon larger amounts of fentanyl could come into the country. Of all things, the BAG is now stopping an important data collection.

Le Temps

Factuality

Ownership

The OFSP pilot project, which monitored the presence of illegal substances in wastewater throughout the country, was not extended until the end of 2025 due to the Confederation's economic programme, according to the "NZ am Sonntag" At a time when Switzerland is facing a sharp increase in crack consumption facilitated by the widespread spread of cheap cocaine, and fears that it will arrive in force fentanyl, nitazenes and other opioids, it sails …

20 Minuten

Factuality

Ownership

Switzerland is stopping the monitoring of wastewater samples for drug residues – at a time when dangerous substances such as fentanyl and nitazene are on the rise.