Challenges and opportunities in using wastewater analysis to measure drug use in a small prison facility

E. VAN DYKEN ; F. Y. LAI ; P. K. THAI ; C. ORT ; R. BRUNO ; W. HALL ; K. P. KIRKBRIDE ; J. F. MUELLER ; J. PRICHARD | 2016
Dans Drug and Alcohol Review (Vol.35, n°2, March 2016) Article : Périodique

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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Monitoring substance use in prisons: Assessing the potential value of wastewater analysis

E. VAN DYKEN ; P. THAI ; F. Y. LAI ; C. ORT ; J. PRICHARD ; R. BRUNO ; W. HALL ; K. P. KIRKBRIDE ; J. F. MUELLER | 2014
Dans Science and Justice (Vol.54, n°5, September 2014) Article : Périodique

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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New applications of wastewater analyses for assessing substance use [Editorial]

R. BRUNO ; E. VAN DYKEN ; J. PRICHARD | 2016
Dans Drug and Alcohol Review (Vol.35, n°2, March 2016) Article : Périodique

Wastewater epidemiology, the estimation of population level use of substances based on analysis of samples extracted from sewerage systems, has had a dramatic surge of activity over the past decade. It has been implemented at a massive scale to [...]

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