苏格兰监狱中新型二二使用趋势的变化:检测,量化,流行和使用方式
Victoria Marland1, Robert Reid1, Andrew M Brandon1
1Leverhulme Research Centre for Forensic Science, School of Science and Engineering, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK.
Drug testing and analysis
|August 17, 2023
概括
苏格兰监狱中的非法二使用量正在上升,新的走私方法包括输入纸张和衣服. 分析显示,药物患病率的变化和高变化,增加了过量服用的风险.
科学领域:
- 法医化学 法医化学
- 毒理学 毒理学 毒理学
- 犯罪学 犯罪学
背景情况:
- 监狱中的毒品使用是复杂的,在离开苏格兰设施的个人中,二类药物普遍存在.
- 有限的分析数据阻碍了对监狱内非法使用二和相关危害的理解.
- 越来越多地发现了新的走私路线,包括灌注纸张和服装.
研究的目的:
- 开发和应用分析方法来检测和量化被扣押的监狱材料中的二.
- 研究在苏格兰监狱中二胺的流行和走私方法的演变.
- 评估不同形式的药物度的变化,以了解剂量风险.
主要方法:
- 气色谱-质谱法 (GC-MS) 用于定性和定量分析.
- 分析了来自苏格兰11个监狱的495个被查获的样本 (纸张,卡片,服装,粉末,药片).
- 在选定的样本上进行了度映射,以评估药物分布.
主要成果:
- 在2020/2021年,埃蒂佐拉姆是最常见的二甲类药物,其次是弗卢布罗马泽帕姆和布罗马佐拉姆的检测增加.
- 走私方法和毒品格式的显著变化被观察到,与政策变化相关.
- 在各种样本类型中发现了二胺含量的高变化,特别是在片 (0.34-2.33毫克/片) 和卡片样本 (1.16-1.87毫克/厘米) 中.
结论:
- 这项研究提供了第一个大规模的量化数据为etizolam在这种情况下.
- 药物度的变化带来了由于剂量不一致而导致意外过量服用的重大风险.
- 了解毒品走私动态和二二使用对于制定减少危害策略至关重要.
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