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'Ice rushes’, data shadows and methylamphetamine use in rural towns: wastewater analysis
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Prichard, J and Lai, FY and O'Brien, J and Bruno, R and Thai, P and Hall, W and Kirkbride, P and Thomas, K and Mueller, JF, 'Ice rushes', data shadows and methylamphetamine use in rural towns: wastewater analysis, Current Issues in Criminal Justice, 29, (3) pp. 195-208. ISSN 1034-5329 (2018) [Refereed Article]
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DOI: doi:10.1080/10345329.2018.12036097
Abstract
Australia’s world-class drug monitoring systems have difficulty gathering metrics in rural
communities for reasons due to, among other things, the size of the country and problems
with recruiting sufficient sample sizes. Some rural communities in data shadows (where
few metrics on substance use exist) may benefit from wastewater analysis (‘WWA’) as a
means of estimating per capita drug consumption. Wastewater analysis could be employed
when debates rise about the consumption of particular drugs in certain communities. Other
ways to use WWA are examined, including long-term monitoring of community drug
consumption and intervention studies to test the effectiveness of health or law enforcement
drug strategies. To explore the utility of WWA, this article references media coverage of
methylamphetamine consumption in a small Tasmanian town, Smithton, and presents the
results of the first Tasmanian WWA pilot study of methylamphetamine consumption,
conducted in 2014–15.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Keywords: | wastewater-based epidemiology, wastewater analysis, drug monitoring, methamphetamine, ice, drugs, rural substance use, media, Australia |
Research Division: | Health Sciences |
Research Group: | Health services and systems |
Research Field: | Health services and systems not elsewhere classified |
Objective Division: | Health |
Objective Group: | Public health (excl. specific population health) |
Objective Field: | Public health (excl. specific population health) not elsewhere classified |
UTAS Author: | Prichard, J (Associate Professor Jeremy Prichard) |
UTAS Author: | Bruno, R (Associate Professor Raimondo Bruno) |
ID Code: | 127787 |
Year Published: | 2018 |
Deposited By: | Psychology |
Deposited On: | 2018-08-15 |
Last Modified: | 2019-04-15 |
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