Drug use among drivers who drank on alcohol outlets from Porto Alegre, Brazil

Boni, Raquel Brandini De; Bastos, Francisco I.; Vasconcellos, Mauricio de; Oliveira, Fernanda; Limberger, Renata Pereira; Pechansky, Flávio

doi:10.1016/j.aap.2013.09.017

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“…In other countries benzodiazepine abuse as common as THC as that occur in Australian study done by Drummer et al,2012 [22] also in Brazilian study done by De boni et al, 2014 [23] this contradiction with the present study may be due to study population difference, legislation done by countries , availability of drugs or cost.…”

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Drug Abuse Prevalence and Effects in Coffee Shop Workers : A Cross Sectional Study

Mg¹,

Masoud²

2021

Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology

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Background: Drug abuse among population have become more common than before, coffee shops workers are of increasing chance to drug abuse, the facing of such big problem necessitates collection of information regarding the prevalence of drug abuse types and effects on health , and this will result in prevention of its hazardous on population at all.Patients and Methods: cross-sectional study during the the first day of April 2019 till the last day of September 2019 , one hundred and twenty coffee shop workers were included. The workers were chosen from 12 randomly selected coffee shops located in rural and in urban areas. The data were gathered through a questionnaire and urine samples from participants. The collected samples were taken to the lab and screened for drug abuse using dip stick, thin layer chromatography (TLC) and gas chromatography (GC-MS). The collected data were organized, tabulated, and statistically analyzed using statistical package for social science (SPSS Inc, version 22).Results: the study showed that The prevalence of tramadol and cannabis and other synthetic drugs among coffee shop workers in urban and rural area nowdays more than before and their detection easily done by using GC-MS. hazardous on health among abusers more than non abusers. Conclusion:The prevalence of drug abuse among coffee shop workers of increasing popular especially tramadol , cannabis and other synthetic drugs, between all age groups in urban and rural area ,these drugs of abuse can be detected using dip stick , TLC and the most specific method of detection using GC-MS to confirm the results. Countries should plan for facing this cancer due to its bad hazardous and consequences on health , family and society .

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Drug Abuse Prevalence and Effects in Coffee Shop Workers : A Cross Sectional Study

Mg¹,

Masoud²

2021

Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology

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“…Previous studies have shown that cocaine users concurrently use other substances frequently, including alcohol ( Blow et al, 2011 ; Borders & Booth, 2013 ; Evans-Polce, Lanza, & Maggs, 2016 ; Hedden, Malcolm, & Latimer, 2009 ; Liu, Williamson, Setlow, Cottler, & Knackstedt, 2018 ), tobacco ( Winhusen et al, 2013 ), marijuana ( Gonçalves & Nappo, 2015 ; Liu et al, 2018 ), heroin ( Leeman, Sun, Bogart, Beseler, & Sofuoglu, 2016 ; Ojha, Sigdel, Meyer-Thompson, Oechsler, & Verthein, 2014 ; Oviedo-Joekes et al, 2015 ), and prescription medications ( Al-Tayyib, Rice, Rhoades, & Riggs, 2014 ; Chen et al, 2014 ; Evans-Polce et al, 2016 ; Herman-Stahl, Krebs, Kroutil, & Heller, 2006 ; Winhusen et al, 2013 ). Polysubstance users have been found to have a higher risk of overdose, emergency department (ED) visits, violence, accidental injury ( Macdonald et al, 2014 ), traffic accidents ( De Boni et al, 2014 ), and lower addiction treatment effectiveness ( Evans et al, 2015 ; Hou, Zhan, Zheng, Zhan, & Zheng, 2014 ; Liu et al, 2018 ) compared to mono-substance users. Polysubstance use has also been associated with worse physical health ( Quek et al, 2013 ; White et al, 2013 ), lower quality of life ( Kelly et al, 2017 ) and higher rates of mental health conditions, such as anxiety, depression, social phobia, and personality disorders ( Agrawal, Lynskey, Madden, Bucholz, & Heath, 2007 ; Chen et al, 2014 ; Evans et al, 2015 ; Kelly et al, 2017 ; Leeman et al, 2016 ; Quek et al, 2013 ; White et al, 2013 ).…”

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A latent class analysis of the past-30-day substance use patterns among lifetime cocaine users: Findings from a community sample in North Central Florida

Liu

Elliott

Serdarevic

et al. 2019

Addictive Behaviors Reports

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Objectives Cocaine use is increasing and many cocaine users engage in polysubstance use. Within polysubstance use, relationships among use of individual substances are necessarily complex. To address this complexity, we used latent class analysis (LCA) to identify patterns of polysubstance use among lifetime cocaine users and examine associations among these patterns, demographics, and risk profiles. Methods Members of HealthStreet, an ongoing community engagement program, were asked about lifetime and past 30-day use of cocaine, alcohol, tobacco, marijuana, and prescription medications, mental health conditions, recent Emergency Department (ED) visits and demographics. LCA was used to identify classes of past 30-day polysubstance use among individuals who endorsed lifetime cocaine use. Multinomial logistic regression identified factors associated with these classes. Results Among 1797 lifetime cocaine users, a five-class LCA model was identified: 1) past 30-day tobacco use only (45%), 2) past 30-day alcohol, marijuana and tobacco use (31%), 3) past 30-day tobacco, prescription opioid and sedative use (13%), 4) past 30-day cocaine, alcohol, marijuana and tobacco use (9%), 5) past 30-day cocaine and multiple polysubstance use (2%). Demographics, ED visits and mental health conditions were associated with class membership. Conclusions Approximately 11% of lifetime cocaine users used cocaine in the past 30 days with two different concurrent substance use patterns. Prescription medication (opioids and sedatives) and complex polysubstance use patterns were stronger indicators of negative outcomes than current cocaine use. Cocaine was not used frequently with other stimulants. In addition to polysubstance use, prescription medication use should be targeted for intervention among lifetime cocaine users.

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“…Considering that cannabis is among the main PSs related to TA in Brazil (DeBoni et al, 2014;Pelição et al, 2016;Saldanha et al, 2014), and that there is a need for a screening tool implementation in this country, this article aims to review previous studies regarding immunochromatographic devices for cannabinoids detection, focusing on its main advantages and disadvantages.…”

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Immunochromatography screening devices for cannabinoids in oral fluid sample

Duarte

Gorziza

González

et al. 2023

Braz. J. Pharm. Sci.

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Cannabis sativaL. is one of the most consumed drugs in the world and recent studies have associated its use with an increase in the number of traffic accidents in different countries. In many countries, like Brazil, simple and reliable methodologies are still needed for the detection of drugs on site, mainly cannabinoids, considering its prevalence of use and oral fluid (OF) has been proved as an appropriate biological matrix for this purpose. Considering that, this work aims to review previous studies on immunochromatographic devices for on-site detection of cannabinoids in OF, discussing their sensitivity, specificity, cut-offs values and confirmatory methods. This data shows the importance of choosing a screening device and it reinforces the need for its implementation in Brazil. The research was conducted on 5 databases and all original articles, published in the last 10 years, were selected. A total of 32 articles were found, providing data for 17 screening devices of distinct brands. Only 2 screening devices showed satisfactory sensitivity and specificity in the evaluated studies (≥80% and ≥90% respectively). However, it should be considered that the screening devices still have some limitations, such as a higher cut-off than those recommended by international guidelines (cut-off > 2 ng/mL), therefore demonstrating the need for more studies in the area and the importance of confirmatory analysis usually fulfilled by LC-MS/MS, GC-MS/MS or GC-MS. Thus, the screening analyzes should not be evaluated by itself, but in association with confirmatory results and observational traits (behavioral changes), for a better understanding of the traffic scenario.

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Drug use among drivers who drank on alcohol outlets from Porto Alegre, Brazil

Abstract: To drive under the influence of multiple substances is likely to be found in this setting, highlighting an association between harmful patterns of consume of alcohol and the misuse of other substances.

Cited by 9 publications

References 39 publications

Drug Abuse Prevalence and Effects in Coffee Shop Workers : A Cross Sectional Study

Drug Abuse Prevalence and Effects in Coffee Shop Workers : A Cross Sectional Study

A latent class analysis of the past-30-day substance use patterns among lifetime cocaine users: Findings from a community sample in North Central Florida

Immunochromatography screening devices for cannabinoids in oral fluid sample

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