Trends and correlates of discordant reporting of drug use among nightclub/festival attendees, 2019–2022

Palamar, Joseph J.; Salomone, Alberto

doi:10.1080/15563650.2023.2273770

Clinical Toxicology

2023

DOI: 10.1080/15563650.2023.2273770

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Trends and correlates of discordant reporting of drug use among nightclub/festival attendees, 2019–2022

Joseph J. Palamar,

Alberto Salomone

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Trends in reported and biologically confirmed drug use among people who use ecstasy in the nightclub/festival-attending population, 2016–2022

Palamar,

Salomone,

Massano

et al. 2023

Drug and Alcohol Dependence Reports

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Trends in reported and biologically confirmed drug use among people who use ecstasy in the nightclub/festival-attending population, 2016–2022

Palamar,

Salomone,

Massano

et al. 2023

Drug and Alcohol Dependence Reports

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Public health surveillance of new psychoactive substances: recent developments

Fitzgerald,

Cottler,

Palamar

2024

Current Opinion in Psychiatry

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Purpose of review New psychoactive substances (NPS) continue to emerge globally and present a threat to public health. This article summarizes the most recent literature on approaches for monitoring NPS use and adverse events related to use. Recent findings A variety of approaches have recently been employed for surveillance of NPS use and associated harms, including the use of toxicology testing of patients in emergency departments, surveys of sentinel populations, drug checking and syringe services programs, wastewater-based epidemiology, and retrospective analyses of clinical samples and toxicology reports. These studies cover a range of time periods and NPS examined across numerous countries. Summary Areas of particular interest for future research include the use of data from drug checking services to inform surveillance efforts of the illicit drug supply and the development of methods for wastewater-based monitoring of NPS. Studies that combine self-report data with toxicology testing in particular are important for capturing unintentional or unknown exposure to NPS including fentanyls and drugs like xylazine. Given the limitations associated with individual indicators of drug use and associated harms, the harmonization of multiple data sources can help present a more complete picture of both trends involving NPS to better inform public health responses.

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Smartphone swabs as an emerging tool for toxicology testing: a proof-of-concept study in a nightclub

Willeman,

Grunwald,

Manceau

et al. 2024

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (CCLM)

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Objectives Smartphones have become everyday objects on which the accumulation of fingerprints is significant. In addition, a large proportion of the population regularly uses a smartphone, especially younger people. The objective of this study was to evaluate smartphones as a new matrix for toxico-epidemiology. Methods This study was conducted during two separate events (techno and trance) at an electronic music nightclub in Grenoble, France. Data on reported drug use and whether drugs were snorted directly from the surface of the smartphone were collected using an anonymous questionnaire completed voluntarily by drug users. Then, a dry swab was rubbed for 20 s on all sides of the smartphone. The extract was analyzed by liquid chromatography coupled to tandem mass spectrometry on a Xevo TQ-XS system (Waters). Results In total, 122 swabs from 122 drug users were collected. The three main drugs identified were MDMA (n=83), cocaine (n=59), and THC (n=51). Based on declarative data, sensitivity ranged from 73 to 97.2 % and specificity from 71.8 to 88.1 % for MDMA, cocaine, and THC. Other substances were identified such as cocaine adulterants, ketamine, amphetamine, LSD, methamphetamine, CBD, DMT, heroin, mescaline, and several NPS. Numerous medications were also identified, such as antidepressants, anxiolytics, hypnotics, and painkillers. Different use patterns were identified between the two events. Conclusions This proof-of-concept study on 122 subjects shows that smartphone swab analysis could provide a useful and complementary tool for drug testing, especially for harm-reduction programs and toxico-epidemiolgy studies, with acceptable test performance, despite declarative data.

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Trends and correlates of discordant reporting of drug use among nightclub/festival attendees, 2019–2022

Cited by 3 publications

References 41 publications

Trends in reported and biologically confirmed drug use among people who use ecstasy in the nightclub/festival-attending population, 2016–2022

Trends in reported and biologically confirmed drug use among people who use ecstasy in the nightclub/festival-attending population, 2016–2022

Public health surveillance of new psychoactive substances: recent developments

Smartphone swabs as an emerging tool for toxicology testing: a proof-of-concept study in a nightclub

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