Phillippa Zambas-Adams
Determination of psychoactive drugs in air
Zambas-Adams, Phillippa; Honeychurch, Kevin C.
Abstract
Understanding of the levels of psychoactive drugs in air is important for assessing both occupational and environmental exposure. Intelligence on the usage and manufacture of illegal drugs can also be gained. Environmental analysis and determination of air quality has recently expanded from its traditional focus to new pollutant categories that include illicit and psychoactive drugs. This is attributed to a greater part on the development of new, advanced techniques, such as liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry (LC/MS), allowing for the trace determination of such compounds down to the parts-per-trillion (ng/L) levels generally reported in air. Studies have also investigated the effects of firsthand and secondhand smoking of drugs, such as cocaine, cannabis and opium. Generally, these have shown secondhand smoke effects to be limited, apart from in the case of opium. Some studies have highlighted ill effects resulting through the exposure of vapors and dusts from the storage of drugs, but this has been shown to result from mould and other fungal contaminates. Investigations into the possible occupational exposures resulting from the use of anesthetic drugs in surgery and accident and emergency have focused on nitrous oxide, sevoflurane, methoxyflurane, isoflurane, propofol and fentanyl. This review focuses on developments and applications for the determination of psychoactive drugs in air.
Citation
Zambas-Adams, P., & Honeychurch, K. C. (2022). Determination of psychoactive drugs in air. Sci, 4(1), https://doi.org/10.3390/sci4010001
Journal Article Type | Review |
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Acceptance Date | Feb 22, 2022 |
Online Publication Date | Jan 1, 2022 |
Publication Date | Jan 1, 2022 |
Deposit Date | Feb 22, 2022 |
Publicly Available Date | Feb 23, 2022 |
Journal | Sci |
Electronic ISSN | 2413-4155 |
Publisher | MDPI |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 4 |
Issue | 1 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.3390/sci4010001 |
Public URL | https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/9048011 |
Publisher URL | https://encyclopedia.pub/21070 |
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