Prevalence of psychotropic drug use in military police units
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2015
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The present study aimed to verify the
prevalence of psychoactive drug use (amphet-
amines, methamphetamines, cannabinoids, co-
caine, opioids and benzodiazepines) among mili-
tary police officers in the state of Goiás. Data were
obtained from urine samples voluntarily provided
by the officers participating in the study, who were
informed of the study methods and signed a free
and informed consent form. The samples were
subject to screening analysis by immunochro-
matography (Multi-DrugOneStep Test®), with
positive tests confirmed by gas chromatography–
mass spectrometry (GC-MS) and data analyzed
by descriptive statistics. The results indicated the
presence of the following drugs: amphetamines
(0.33%), cannabinoids (0.67%) and benzodiaz-
epines (1.34%); 97.66% showed negative results.
The positive cases were distributed as follows:
benzodiazepines (57.1%); cannabinoids (28.6%)
and amphetamines (14.3%). In conclusion, the
detection of psychoactive substances in voluntary
sampling of military police officers indicates the
need to implement drug testing among active mil-
itary officers and preventive public policies aimed
at eliminating the abusive consumption of psy-
chotropic drugs
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Military police, Urine, Drugs, Screening
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COSTA, Sérgio Henrique Nascente et al. Prevalence of psychotropic drug use in military police units. Ciência & Saúde Coletiva, Rio de Janeiro, v. 20, n. 6, p. 1843-1849, 2015.