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- Title
Medición de drogas ilícitas en aguas residuales: estudio piloto en México.
- Authors
Cruz-Cruz, Copytzy; Vidaña-Pérez, Desireé; Mondragón y Kalb, Manuel; José Martínez-Ruiz, María; Olaiz-Fernández, Gustavo; Fernando Hernández-Lezama, Luis; Hernández-Ávila, Mauricio; Barrientos-Gutiérrez, Tonatiuh
- Abstract
Objective. Monitor drug use through wastewater metabolite measurement. Materials and methods. Wastewater samples were obtained from 31 wastewater treatment plants and 95 sites with specific populations (38 schools, 42 units of addiction treatment and 15 penitentiaries). Using ultra high liquid chromatography, we measured nine metabolites from six drugs. Results. Eight out of nine drug metabolites were identified in the samples. Marijuana (THC-COOH), cocaine (benzoylecgonine) and methamphetamine were identified in schools, centers of addiction treatment and penitentiaries. Nuevo Laredo, Culiacan and Torreon had the highest consumption of cocaine, marijuana, amphetamine and methamphetamine. Conclusions. Monitoring drug use through wastewater is feasible in Mexico and could constitute a surveillance system to identify changes in the time.
- Subjects
MEXICO; DRUG utilization; SEWAGE disposal plants; DRUGS of abuse; LIQUID chromatography; SEWAGE
- Publication
Salud Pública de México, 2019, Vol 61, Issue 4, p461
- ISSN
0036-3634
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.21149/9819