title: Prevalence of psychotropic drug use in military police units.
abstract: The present study aimed to verify the prevalence of psychoactive drug use (amphetamines, methamphetamines, cannabinoids, cocaine, opioids and benzodiazepines) among military 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 immunochromatography (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 benzodiazepines (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 military officers and preventive public policies aimed at eliminating the abusive consumption of psychotropic drugs.
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Farmácia, Núcleo de Estudos e Pesquisas Tóxico-Farmacológicas, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, GO, Brasil, sergionascente17@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Sérgio Henrique Nascente
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Costa
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas, Universidade de São Paulo, Brasil.
authors.forename: Maurício
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yonamine
authors.affiliation: Secretaria Estadual de Saúde de Goiás, Brasil.
authors.forename: Andrea Luciana Martins
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Ramos
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Farmácia, Núcleo de Estudos e Pesquisas Tóxico-Farmacológicas, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, GO, Brasil, sergionascente17@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Fernando Gomes Ferreira
authors.initials: FG
authors.lastname: Oliveira
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Farmácia, Núcleo de Estudos e Pesquisas Tóxico-Farmacológicas, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, GO, Brasil, sergionascente17@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Caroline Rego
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Rodrigues
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Farmácia, Núcleo de Estudos e Pesquisas Tóxico-Farmacológicas, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, GO, Brasil, sergionascente17@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Luiz Carlos
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: da Cunha
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008889:Military Personnel; D016495:Police; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs / Q000009:adverse effects; D015813:Substance Abuse Detection; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000652:urine; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D011619:Psychotropic Drugs