title: [Use and abuse of illicit drugs, also in the light of the new Italian legislation].
abstract: After presenting the new Italian legislation on the subject, the author describes the operative procedures, employed by the "Centro Ricerche di Laboratorio e di Tossicologia Forense" of the Italian State Police, for detection of illicit drugs' use by personnel on duty. The results obtained from 1998 to 2003 (on over 15,000 subjects/year) are presented. On this sample, sporadic positive (for cannabinoids) cases were found. The number of positive individuals would probably be higher, whether randomised controls were made without notice, and whether non-conventional matrices (e.g. keratinised tissues) were utilized to identify previous abuse.
authors.affiliation: Medico Capo della Polizia di Stato.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: D'Ettore
mesh_terms: D002186:Cannabinoids; D006801:Humans; D013287:Illicit Drugs / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D007558:Italy; D002189:Marijuana Abuse / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000652:urine; D013058:Mass Spectrometry; D016495:Police / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000652:urine
chemical_list: D002186:Cannabinoids; D013287:Illicit Drugs