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Trends in methamphetamine residues in wastewater in metropolitan and regional cities in south‐east Queensland, 2009–2015
Author(s) -
Lai Foon Yin,
O'Brien Jake,
Thai Phong K,
Hall Wayne D,
Mueller Jochen
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/mja15.01054
Subject(s) - metropolitan area , methamphetamine , wastewater , geography , content (measure theory) , regional science , medicine , environmental science , environmental engineering , archaeology , pharmacology , mathematics , mathematical analysis
Over the past several years, the Australian media have reported increased use and harm arising from the use of crystal methamphetamine (“ice”),1,2 a highly pure form of the drug that can be smoked or injected.2 We used wastewater analysis to examine trends in methamphetamine residues in wastewater samples from the inlets of two treatment plants in south-east Queensland. One plant served a coastal metropolitan city that included entertainment precincts and the other a major inland regional city..