Wastewater surveillance to assess cocaine and methylenedioxymethamphetamine use trends during a major music festival in Brazil.

Cezar Silvino GomesDiogo de Jesus Soares FreireHadassa de Souza Ramos Pontes MouraAdriano Otávio MaldanerFrancisco Ayrton Senna Domingos PinheiroGeorge Leandro Ramos FerreiraMatheus Leopoldo de Oliveira MirandaLeandro De Santis FerreiraFelipe Gonçalves MurgaFernando Fabriz SodréCícero Flávio Soares Aragão

Published in: Drug testing and analysis (2024)

Wastewater-based epidemiology was applied in northeastern Brazil during a dance festival, revealing that cocaine consumption doubled during the event days. The daily drug loads were 0.95 ± 0.03 to 11.4 ± 0.4 g/day for BE, 1.8 ± 0.4 to 7.6 ± 0.3 g/day for COC, 0.04 ± 0.02 to 0.19 ± 0.02 g/day for COE, and 0.08 ± 0.02 to 0.80 ± 0.02 g/day for MDMA.

Keyphrases

wastewater treatment
public health
anaerobic digestion
physical activity
risk factors
prefrontal cortex
emergency department
adverse drug