Dominant psychoactive drugs in the Central European region: A wastewater study

Highlights • We analyzed 26 psychoactive wastewater compounds in 17 various Slovak and Czech cities • More than 10% of the Slovak and Czech population (1.5 million inhabitants) were included in the study • High consumption of cheap drugs like methamphetamine was found • We revealed significant local...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Forensic science international 2016-10, Vol.267, p.42-51
Hauptverfasser:	Mackuľak, Tomáš, Bodík, Igor, Hasan, Jamal, Grabic, Roman, Golovko, Oksana, Vojs-Staňová, Andrea, Gál, Miroslav, Naumowicz, Monika, Tichý, Jozef, Brandeburová, Paula, Híveš, Ján
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Antidepressants Cannabis Chromatography, Liquid Cocaine Consumption Dronabinol - analogs & derivatives Dronabinol - analysis Drug monitoring Drugs Ecstasy Environmental Monitoring - methods Forensic science Forensic sciences Humans Inhabitants LC–MS/MS Liquid chromatography LSD Lysergic acid diethylamide Methamphetamine Pathology Pharmaceutical industry Pollutants Psychotropic Drugs - analysis Sewage biomarker analysis Slovakia Street Drugs - analysis Substance Abuse Detection - methods Tandem Mass Spectrometry Towns Waste Water - chemistry Wastewater analysis
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Zusammenfassung:	Highlights • We analyzed 26 psychoactive wastewater compounds in 17 various Slovak and Czech cities • More than 10% of the Slovak and Czech population (1.5 million inhabitants) were included in the study • High consumption of cheap drugs like methamphetamine was found • We revealed significant local differences in the drug cocaine and marihuana use pattern among the cities • A spa town – a major source of wastewater load with psychopharmaceuticals
ISSN:	0379-0738 1872-6283
DOI:	10.1016/j.forsciint.2016.08.016