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Profiles of illicit drug use during annual key holiday and control periods in Australia: wastewater analysis in an urban, a semi-rural and a vacation area

  1. Foon Yin Lai1,*,
  2. Raimondo Bruno2,
  3. Wayne Hall3,
  4. Coral Gartner3,
  5. Christoph Ort4,5,
  6. Paul Kirkbride6,
  7. Jeremy Prichard7,
  8. Phong K. Thai1,
  9. Steve Carter8,
  10. Jochen F. Mueller1

Article first published online: 5 DEC 2012

DOI: 10.1111/add.12006

Issue

Addiction

Addiction

Volume 108, Issue 3, pages 556–565, March 2013

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How to Cite

Lai, F. Y., Bruno, R., Hall, W., Gartner, C., Ort, C., Kirkbride, P., Prichard, J., Thai, P. K., Carter, S. and Mueller, J. F. (2013), Profiles of illicit drug use during annual key holiday and control periods in Australia: wastewater analysis in an urban, a semi-rural and a vacation area. Addiction, 108: 556–565. doi: 10.1111/add.12006

Author Information

  1. 1

    The National Research Centre for Environmental Toxicology (Entox), The University of Queensland, Coopers Plains, QLD, Australia

  2. 2

    School of Psychology, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS, Australia

  3. 3

    UQ Centre for Clinical Research, The University of Queensland, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Herston, QLD, Australia

  4. 4

    Advanced Water Management Centre (AWMC), The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia

  5. 5

    Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, Eawag, Dübendorf, Switzerland

  6. 6

    Forensic and Data Centers, Australian Federal Police, Canberra, ACT, Australia

  7. 7

    Law Faculty, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS, Australia

  8. 8

    Queensland Health Forensic Scientific Services (QHFSS), Queensland Government, Coopers Plains, QLD, Australia

*Correspondence to: Foon Yin Lai, The National Research Centre for Environmental Toxicology (Entox), The University of Queensland, 39 Kessels Road, Coopers Plains, QLD 4108, Australia. E-mail: foon.lai@uqconect.edu.au

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 18 FEB 2013
  2. Article first published online: 5 DEC 2012
  3. Accepted manuscript online: 16 OCT 2012 08:34AM EST
  4. Manuscript Accepted: 27 SEP 2012
  5. Manuscript Revised: 16 AUG 2012
  6. Manuscript Received: 4 JUN 2012

Funded by

  • the QHFSS/Entox Collaborative Research Funds
  • the Department of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation
  • National Health and Medical Research Council Australia Fellowship. Grant Number: 569,738
  • National Health and Medical Research Council Early Career Research Fellowship. Grant Number: 519,783

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Table S1 Targeted illicit drug residues.

add12006-sup-0002-TableS2.doc273K

Table S2 Evaluation of the uncertainty (relative standard deviations, %) of sampling (US), chemical analysis (UC), flow measurement (UF) and excretion (UE).

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Table S3 Estimated daily consumption (mg/day/1000 people) of cannabis, methamphetamine, cocaine and MDMA during the control and holiday periods in the three study areas.

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