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Characterising differences between self-reported and wastewater-identified drug use at two consecutive years of an Australian music festival.
Puljevic, Cheneal; Tscharke, Benjamin; Wessel, Ellen Leslie; Francis, Cameron; Verhagen, Rory; O'Brien, Jake W; Bade, Richard; Nadarajan, Dhayaalini; Measham, Fiona; Stowe, M J; Piatkowski, Timothy; Ferris, Jason; Page, Robert; Hiley, Sarah; Eassey, Christopher; McKinnon, Ginny; Sinclair, Genevieve; Blatchford, Emily; Engel, Liam; Norvill, Alice; Barratt, Monica J.
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  • Puljevic C; The Loop Australia, Australia; School of Public Health, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia. Electronic address: c.puljevic@uq.edu.au.
  • Tscharke B; Queensland Alliance for Environmental Health Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.
  • Wessel EL; The Loop Australia, Australia; School of Public Health, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.
  • Francis C; The Loop Australia, Australia.
  • Verhagen R; Queensland Alliance for Environmental Health Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.
  • O'Brien JW; Queensland Alliance for Environmental Health Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.
  • Bade R; Queensland Alliance for Environmental Health Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.
  • Nadarajan D; Queensland Alliance for Environmental Health Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.
  • Measham F; The Loop Australia, Australia; Department of Sociology, Social Policy and Criminology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom; The Loop Drug Checking Service, United Kingdom.
  • Stowe MJ; The Loop Australia, Australia; The Kirby Institute, University of New South Wales Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
  • Piatkowski T; The Loop Australia, Australia; School of Applied Psychology, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Australia.
  • Ferris J; The Loop Australia, Australia; Centre for Health Services Research, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.
  • Page R; The Loop Australia, Australia; National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales Sydney, Sydney, Australia; Alcohol & Drug Service, St Vincent's Hospital Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
  • Hiley S; The Loop Australia, Australia.
  • Eassey C; The Loop Australia, Australia; National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
  • McKinnon G; The Loop Australia, Australia.
  • Sinclair G; The Loop Australia, Australia.
  • Blatchford E; The Loop Australia, Australia.
  • Engel L; The Loop Australia, Australia.
  • Norvill A; The Loop Australia, Australia.
  • Barratt MJ; The Loop Australia, Australia; National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales Sydney, Sydney, Australia; Social Equity Research Centre and Digital Ethnography Research Centre, RMIT University, Melbourne, Vic, Australia.
Sci Total Environ ; 921: 170934, 2024 Apr 15.
Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38360330
ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND:

In the context of drug prohibition, potential adulteration and variable purity pose additional health risks for people who use drugs, with these risks often compounded by the outdoor music festival environment. Ahead of the imminent implementation of drug checking services in Queensland, Australia, this study aims to characterise this problem using triangulated survey and wastewater data to understand self-reported and detected drug use among attendees of a multi-day Queensland-based music festival in 2021 and 2022.

METHODS:

We administered an in-situ survey focusing on drug use at the festival to two convenience samples of 136 and 140 festival attendees in 2021 and 2022 respectively. We compared survey findings to wastewater collected concurrently from the festival's site-specific wastewater treatment plant, which was analysed using Liquid Chromatography Tandem Mass Spectrometry.

RESULTS:

Most survey respondents (82 % in 2021, 92 % in 2022) reported using or intending to use an illicit drug at the festival. Some respondents reported potentially risky drug use practices such as using drugs found on the ground (2 % in 2021, 4 % in 2022). Substances detected in wastewater but not surveys include MDEA, mephedrone, methylone, 3-MMC, alpha-D2PV, etizolam, eutylone, and N,N-dimethylpentylone.

CONCLUSION:

Many substances detected in wastewater but not self-reported in surveys likely represent substitutions or adulterants. These findings highlight the benefits of drug checking services to prevent harms from adulterants and provide education on safer drug use practices. These findings also provide useful information on socio-demographic characteristics and drug use patterns of potential users of Queensland's future drug checking service.
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Trastornos Relacionados con Sustancias / Música Tipo de estudio: Prognostic_studies Límite: Humans País/Región como asunto: Oceania Idioma: En Revista: Sci Total Environ Año: 2024 Tipo del documento: Article Pais de publicación: Países Bajos
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Trastornos Relacionados con Sustancias / Música Tipo de estudio: Prognostic_studies Límite: Humans País/Región como asunto: Oceania Idioma: En Revista: Sci Total Environ Año: 2024 Tipo del documento: Article Pais de publicación: Países Bajos