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Challenges andopportunities inusing wastewateranalysis to measuredrug use in a smallprison facility Emma van DykenFoon Yin LaiPhong K. Thai2014 год

Challenges and opportunities in using wastewater analysis to measure drug use in a small prison facility
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Аннотация: Abstract Introduction and Aims Wastewater analysis ( WWA ) is intended to be a direct and objective method of measuring substance use in large urban populations. It has also been used to measure prison substance use in two previous studies. The application of WWA in this context has raised questions as to how best it might be used to measure illicit drug use in prisons, and whether it can also be used to measure prescription misuse. We applied WWA to a small regional prison to measure the use of 12 licit and illicit substances. We attempted to measure the non‐medical use of methadone and buprenorphine and to compare our findings with the results of the prison's mandatory drug testing ( MDT ). Design and Methods Representative daily composite samples were collected for two periods of 12 consecutive days in M ay to J uly 2013 and analysed for 18 drug metabolites. Prescription data and MDT results were obtained from the prison and compared with the substance use estimates calculated from WWA data. Results Daily use of methamphetamine, methadone, buprenorphine and codeine was detected, while sporadic detection of ketamine and methylone was also observed. Overall buprenorphine misuse appeared to be greater than methadone misuse. Discussion and Conclusions Compared with MDT , WWA provides a more comprehensive picture of prison substance use. WWA also has the potential to measure the misuse of medically prescribed substances. However, a great deal of care must be exercised in quantifying the usage of any substance in small populations, such as in prisons. [van Dyken E, Lai FY, Thai PK, Ort C, Bruno R, Hall W, Kirkbride KP, Mueller JF, Prichard J. Challenges and opportunities in using wastewater analysis to measure drug use in a small prison facility. Drug Alcohol Rev 2016;35:138–47]
Год издания: 2014
Авторы: Emma van Dyken, Foon Yin Lai, Phong K. Thai, Christoph Ort, Raimondo Bruno, Wayne Hall, K. Paul Kirkbride, Jochen F. Mueller, Jeremy Prichard
Издательство: Wiley
Источник: Drug and Alcohol Review
Ключевые слова: Opioid Use Disorder Treatment, Forensic Toxicology and Drug Analysis, Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
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