scholarly journals Hair analysis for monitoring drug use

Addiction ◽  
1993 ◽  
Vol 88 (9) ◽  
pp. 1291-1292 ◽  
Author(s):  
Colin Brewer
Keyword(s):  
Drug Use ◽  
Hair Analysis ◽  
Monitoring Drug

Substance Use Portrayal in Oscar-nominated Movies

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
João Mauricio Castaldelli-Maia ◽  
Felipe Gil ◽  
Antonio Ventriglio ◽  
Julio Torales ◽  
Ligia Florio ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Substance Use ◽  
Drug Use ◽  
Epidemiological Studies ◽  
Progressive Increase ◽  
Media Content ◽  
Media Content Analysis ◽  
Monitoring Drug ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Multiple Drugs ◽  
Gender Convergence

Background: As one of the forms of media and art most consumed in the world, Oscar-nominated movies should have their drug use representation monitored because of possibly influencing but also reflecting society’s behavior. Objective: To investigate drug use representation in scenes from movies nominated for the Academy Awards (Oscar) from 2008-2011, through media content analysis. Methods: 437 scenes from Oscar-nominated movies (best film, best actor and best actress categories) showing drug consumption and/or its effects were assessed. Each drug represented and identified in a given scene (i.e., drug use incident) was counted as a unit for the present study (n = 515). Survey settings were used to control for over- or under-estimation of the prevalence of a variable in a given year or movie. Results: All the Oscar-nominated movies portrayed at least one scene of drug use. There was a massive predominance of alcohol and tobacco in movies, with a high use among men who also use drugs, habitually or occasionally, but related to stress/tension, predominantly at home. However, there was a significant progressive increase in the use of drugs other than alcohol and tobacco, multiple drugs, and by women. Conclusion: These findings echo epidemiological studies on substance use in western countries, an overall trend towards greater home drug use representation and gender convergence since 1970, which increased since 2000. Monitoring drug use representation in Oscar-nominated movies may represent an important public health tool.

Evaluation of poly-drug use in methadone-related fatalities using segmental hair analysis

2015 ◽  
Vol 248 ◽  
pp. 134-139 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marie Katrine Klose Nielsen ◽  
Sys Stybe Johansen ◽  
Kristian Linnet
Keyword(s):  
Drug Use ◽  
Hair Analysis ◽  
Segmental Hair Analysis

Methods for Assessing Drug Use Prevalence in the Workplace: A Comparison of Self-Report, Urinalysis, and Hair Analysis

1995 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 403-426 ◽  
Author(s):  
Royer F. Cook ◽  
Alan D. Bernstein ◽  
Thadeus L. Arlington ◽  
Christine M. Andrews ◽  
Gordon A. Marshall
Keyword(s):  
Drug Use ◽  
Hair Analysis ◽  
Self Report

Hair analysis to detect chronic inhaler drug use in asthma or COPD patients

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dave Hassall ◽  
Noushin Brealey ◽  
Wayne Wright ◽  
Steve Hughes ◽  
Andy West ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Drug Use ◽  
Hair Analysis ◽  
Copd Patients

Hair as a Biological Indicator of Drug Use, Drug Abuse or Chronic Exposure to Environmental Toxicants

2006 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 143-163 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vassiliki A. Boumba ◽  
Kallirroe S. Ziavrou ◽  
Theodore Vougiouklakis
Keyword(s):  
Drug Use ◽  
Chronic Exposure ◽  
Drug Testing ◽  
Drugs Of Abuse ◽  
Hair Analysis ◽  
Clinical Chemistry ◽  
Biological Indicator ◽  
Environmental Toxicants ◽  
Hair Samples ◽  
Hair Testing

In recent years hair has become a fundamental biological specimen, alternative to the usual samples blood and urine, for drug testing in the fields of forensic toxicology, clinical toxicology and clinical chemistry. Moreover, hair-testing is now extensively used in workplace testing, as well as, on legal cases, historical research etc. This article reviews methodological and practical issues related to the application of hair as a biological indicator of drug use/abuse or of chronic exposure to environmental toxicants. Hair structure and the mechanisms of drug incorporation into it are commented. The usual preparation and extraction methods as well as the analytical techniques of hair samples are presented and commented on. The outcomes of hair analysis have been reviewed for the following categories: drugs of abuse (opiates, cocaine and related, amphetamines, cannabinoids), benzodiazepines, prescribed drugs, pesticides and organic pollutants, doping agents and other drugs or substances. Finally, the specific purpose of the hair testing is discussed along with the interpretation of hair analysis results regarding the limitations of the applied procedures.

scholarly journals Hair analysis for the detection of drug use-is there potential for evasion?

2017 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. e2587 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shanna Marrinan ◽  
Andres Roman-Urrestarazu ◽  
Declan Naughton ◽  
Emerlinda Levari ◽  
John Collins ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Drug Use ◽  
Hair Analysis

Monitoring Drug Use Using Bayesian Acceptance Sampling: The Illinois Experiment

1996 ◽  
Vol 44 (2) ◽  
pp. 274-285 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pamela K. Lattimore ◽  
Joanna R. Baker ◽  
Lance A. Matheson
Keyword(s):  
Drug Use ◽  
Acceptance Sampling ◽  
Monitoring Drug

Deviancy, Delinquency and Drug Use

1979 ◽  
Vol 134 (3) ◽  
pp. 269-276 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. S. Bell ◽  
R. A. Champion
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Drug Use ◽  
Cross Section ◽  
Psychiatric Illness ◽  
Population Groups ◽  
Monitoring Drug

SummaryA system for monitoring drug use was based on the data from annual surveys of two contrasting population groups, a general cross-section of young people and a cross-section of antisocial deviants. Correlation of deviancy and drug use established that drug use, both licit and illicit, was more extensive among those who suffered parental deprivation, whose parents were divorced or separated, who had psychiatric illness and particularly those who had committed antisocial acts. The degree of antisocial deviancy correlated with the extent of drug use.

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