Title |
A continuidade do uso de anfetaminas por motoristas de caminhão no Estado de São Paulo, Brasil, a despeito da proibição de sua produção, prescrição e uso
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Published in |
Cadernos de Saúde Pública, September 2013
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DOI | 10.1590/0102-311x00029213 |
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Authors |
Lúcio Garcia de Oliveira, Ligia Goes Endo, Daniele Mayumi Sinagawa, Maurício Yonamine, Daniel Romero Munoz, Vilma Leyton |
Abstract |
Amphetamine use by truck drivers for occupational purposes is widely known. The production and consumption of amphetamines was banned by the Brazilian National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA) in October 2011. This study analyzes persistent amphetamine use by truck drivers since the ban was implemented. A convenience sample of 427 truck drivers was taken along highways in São Paulo State in 2012. Participants were asked to answer a structured questionnaire and provide a urine sample to screen for recent amphetamine consumption through toxicological analysis. Among the interviewed drivers, 7% had used some illicit drug recently and 2.7% had used amphetamines. Amphetamines are still consumed by truck drivers despite the risks and the recent ban. The authorities should thus monitor the possession and use of amphetamines by drivers in order to effectively enforce the ban. |
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Student > Ph. D. Student | 2 | 10% |
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Professor | 1 | 5% |
Student > Master | 1 | 5% |
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Medicine and Dentistry | 2 | 10% |
Psychology | 2 | 10% |
Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 1 | 5% |
Immunology and Microbiology | 1 | 5% |
Other | 2 | 10% |
Unknown | 10 | 50% |