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W. HALL ; J. PRICHARD ; P. KIRKBRIDE ; R. BRUNO ; P. K. THAI ; C. GARTNER ; F. Y. LAI ; C. ORT ; J. F. MUELLER |Aims: To discuss ethical issues that may arise in using WWA to monitor illicit drug use in the general population and in entertainment precincts, prisons, schools and work-places. Method: Review current applications of WWA and identify ethical[...]![]()
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F. BÉEN ; L. BIJLSMA ; L. BENAGLIA ; J. D. BERSET ; A. M. BOTERO-COY ; S. CASTIGLIONI ; L. KRAUS ; F. ZOBEL ; M. P. SCHAUB ; A. BUCHELI ; F. HERNANDEZ ; O. DELEMONT ; P. ESSEIVA ; C. ORT |Background: Wastewater analysis is an innovative approach that allows monitoring illicit drug use at the community level. This study focused on investigating geographical differences in drug consumption by comparing epidemiological, crime and wa[...]![]()
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E. VAN DYKEN ; F. Y. LAI ; P. K. THAI ; C. ORT ; R. BRUNO ; W. HALL ; K. P. KIRKBRIDE ; J. F. MUELLER ; J. PRICHARD |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 applicatio[...]![]()
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C. ORT ; J. M. EPPLER ; A. SCHEIDEGGER ; J. RIECKERMANN ; M. KINZIG ; F. SÖRGEL |Aims: Quantifying illicit drug loads through wastewater analysis (WWA) is an alternative approach to estimating population drug use. This study investigated the variability of daily drug loads in wastewater and their relationships to environment[...]![]()
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Y. RYU ; D. BARCELO ; L. P. BARRON ; L. BIJLSMA ; S. CASTIGLIONI ; P. DE VOOGT ; E. EMKE ; F. HERNANDEZ ; F. Y. LAI ; A. LOPES ; M. L. DE ALDA ; N. MASTROIANNI ; K. MUNRO ; J. O'BRIEN ; C. ORT ; B. G. PLOSZ ; M. J. REID ; V. YARGEAU ; K. V. THOMAS |Quantitative measurement of drug consumption biomarkers in wastewater can provide objective information on community drug use patterns and trends. This study presents the measurement of alcohol consumption in 20 cities across 11 countries throug[...]![]()
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K. V. THOMAS ; L. BIJLSMA ; S. CASTIGLIONI ; A. COVACI ; E. EMKE ; R. GRABIC ; F. HERNANDEZ ; S. KAROLAK ; B. KASPRZYK-HORDERN ; R. H. LINDBERG ; M. LOPEZ DE ALDA ; A. MEIERJOHANN ; C. ORT ; Y. PICO ; J. B. QUINTANA ; M. REID ; J. RIECKERMANN ; S. TERZIC ; A. L. N. VAN NUIJS ; P. DE VOOGT |The analysis of sewage for urinary biomarkers of illicit drugs is a promising and complementary approach for estimating the use of these substances in the general population. For the first time, this approach was simultaneously applied in 19 Eur[...]![]()
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J. A. BAZ-LOMBA ; S. SALVATORE ; E. GRACIA-LOR ; R. BADE ; S. CASTIGLIONI ; E. CASTRIGNANO ; A. CAUSANILLES ; F. HERNANDEZ ; B. KASPRZYK-HORDERN ; J. KINYUA ; A. K. McCALL ; A. VAN NUIJS ; C. ORT ; B. G. PLOSZ ; P. RAMIN ; M. REID ; N. I. ROUSIS ; Y. RYU ; P. DE VOOGT ; J. BRAMNESS ; K. THOMAS |Background: Monitoring the scale of pharmaceuticals, illicit and licit drugs consumption is important to assess the needs of law enforcement and public health, and provides more information about the different trends within different countries. [...]![]()
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E. VAN DYKEN ; P. THAI ; F. Y. LAI ; C. ORT ; J. PRICHARD ; R. BRUNO ; W. HALL ; K. P. KIRKBRIDE ; J. F. MUELLER |Prison substance use is a major concern for prison authorities and the wider community. Australia has responded to this problem by implementing the National Corrections Drug Strategy. Across Australia, the true extent of prison substance use can[...]![]()
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F. Y. LAI ; R. BRUNO ; W. HALL ; C. GARTNER ; C. ORT ; P. KIRKBRIDE ; J. PRICHARD ; P. K. THAI ; S. CARTER ; J. F. MUELLER |Aims: To examine changes in illicit drug consumption between peak holiday season (23 December-3 January) in Australia and a control period two months later in a coastal urban area, an inland semi-rural area and an island populated predominantly [...]![]()
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C. ORT ; A. L. N. VAN NUIJS ; J. D. BERSET ; L. BIJLSMA ; S. CASTIGLIONI ; A. COVACI ; P. DE VOOGT ; E. EMKE ; D. FATTA-KASSINOS ; P. GRIFFITHS ; F. HERNANDEZ ; I. GONZALEZ-MARINO ; R. GRABIC ; B. KASPRZYK-HORDERN ; N. MASTROIANNI ; A. MEIERJOHANN ; T. NÉFAU ; M. ÖSTMAN ; Y. PICO ; I. RACAMONDE ; M. REID ; J. SLOBODNIK ; S. TERZIC ; N. THOMAIDIS ; K. V. THOMAS |Aims: To perform wastewater analyses to assess spatial differences and temporal changes of illicit drug use in a large European population. Design: Analyses of raw wastewater over a 1-week period in 2012 and 2013. Setting and Participants: C[...]![]()
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I. GONZALEZ-MARINO ; J. A. BAZ-LOMBA ; N. A. ALYGIZAKIS ; M. J. ANDRES-COSTA ; R. BADE ; L. P. BARRON ; F. BÉEN ; J. D. BERSET ; L. BIJLSMA ; I. BODIK ; A. BRENNER ; A. L. BROCK ; D. A. BURGARD ; E. CASTRIGNANO ; C. E. CHRISTOPHORIDIS ; A. COVACI ; P. DE VOOGT ; D. A. DEVAULT ; M. J. DIAS ; E. EMKE ; D. FATTA-KASSINOS ; G. FEDOROVA ; K. FYTIANOS ; C. GERBER ; R. GRABIC ; S. GRUNER ; T. GUNNAR ; E. HAPESHI ; E. HEATH ; B. HELM ; F. HERNANDEZ ; A. KANKAANPAA ; S. KAROLAK ; B. KASPRZYK-HORDERN ; I. KRIZMAN-MATASIC ; F. Y. LAI ; W. LECHOWICZ ; A. LOPES ; M. LOPEZ DE ALDA ; E. LOPEZ-GARCIA ; A. S. C. LOVE ; N. MASTROIANNI ; G. L. MCENEFF ; R. MONTES ; K. MUNRO ; T. NÉFAU ; H. OBERACHER ; J. W. O'BRIEN ; K. OLAFSDOTTIR ; Y. PICO ; B. G. PLOSZ ; F. POLESEL ; C. POSTIGO ; J. B. QUINTANA ; P. RAMIN ; M. J. REID ; J. RICE ; R. RODIL ; I. SENTA ; S. M. SIMOES ; M. M. SREMACKI ; K. STYSZKO ; S. TERZIC ; N. S. THOMAIDIS ; K. V. THOMAS ; B. J. TSCHARKE ; A. L. N. VAN NUIJS ; V. YARGEAU ; E. ZUCCATO ; S. CASTIGLIONI ; C. ORT |BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Wastewater-based epidemiology is an additional indicator of drug use that is gaining reliability to complement the current established panel of indicators. The aims of this study were to: (i) assess spatial and temporal tren[...]![]()
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F. Y. LAI ; S. ANUJ ; R. BRUNO ; S. CARTER ; C. GARTNER ; W. HALL ; K. P. KIRKBRIDE ; J. F. MUELLER ; J. W. O'BRIEN ; J. PRICHARD ; P. K. THAI ; C. ORT |Population size is crucial when estimating population-normalized drug consumption (PNDC) from wastewater-based drug epidemiology (WBDE). Three conceptually different population estimates can be used: de jure (common census, residence), de facto [...]![]()
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F. Y. LAI ; P. K. THAI ; J. O'BRIEN ; C. GARTNER ; R. BRUNO ; B. KELE ; C. ORT ; J. PRICHARD ; P. KIRKBRIDE ; W. HALL ; S. CARTER ; J. F. MUELLER |Introduction and Aims: Wastewater analysis provides a non-intrusive way of measuring drug use within a population. We used this approach to determine daily use of conventional illicit drugs [cannabis, cocaine, methamphetamine and 3,4-methylenedi[...]![]()
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A. J. BREWER ; C. J. BANTA-GREEN ; C. ORT ; A. E. ROBEL ; J. FIELD |Introduction and Aims: Illicit drug use is known to occur among inmate populations of correctional (prison) facilities. Conventional approaches to monitor illicit drug use in prisons include random urinalyses (RUA). Conventional approaches are e[...]