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| Title |
Investigating the correlation between wastewater analysis and roadside drug testing in South Australia
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| Published in |
Drug & Alcohol Dependence, April 2018
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| DOI | 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2018.02.030 |
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| Authors |
Richard Bade, Benjamin J Tscharke, Marie Longo, Richard Cooke, Jason M White, Cobus Gerber |
| Abstract |
The societal impact of drug use is well known. An example is when drug-intoxicated drivers increase the burden on policing and healthcare services. This work presents the correlation of wastewater analysis (using UHPLC-MS/MS) and positive roadside drug testing results for methamphetamine, 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) and cannabis from December 2011-December 2016 in South Australia. Methamphetamine and MDMA showed similar trends between the data sources with matching increases and decreases, respectively. Cannabis was relatively steady based on wastewater analysis, but the roadside drug testing data started to diverge in the final part of the measurement period. The ability to triangulate data as shown here validates both wastewater analysis and roadside drug testing. This suggests that changes in overall population drug use revealed by WWA is consistent and proportional with changes in drug-driving behaviours. The results show that, at higher levels of drug use as measured by wastewater analysis, there is an increase in drug driving in the community and therefore more strain on health services and police. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 30 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 4 | 13% |
| Other | 2 | 7% |
| Student > Bachelor | 2 | 7% |
| Professor | 2 | 7% |
| Lecturer > Senior Lecturer | 2 | 7% |
| Other | 6 | 20% |
| Unknown | 12 | 40% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 3 | 10% |
| Environmental Science | 2 | 7% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 2 | 7% |
| Sports and Recreations | 2 | 7% |
| Computer Science | 2 | 7% |
| Other | 4 | 13% |
| Unknown | 15 | 50% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 01 November 2018.
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