Designer Amphetamines in Forensic Toxicology: Analysis and Prevalence

This award will provide funding to Sam Houston State University to expand research of emerging designer amphetamines in casework, by increasing the number of targeted drugs from 10 to as many as 27, and by examining the prevalence of the targeted compounds in more case samples, from 500 cases to 2500 cases, drawn from a wider geographic area. The extension of this research will provide routine testing laboratories with practical information that will allow them to implement new analytical procedures for the detection of the newer designer amphetamines. This will reduce case backlog by allowing for testing for more compounds with one test.

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