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Following are articles published by the National Institute of Justice
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What’s That Drug? Fast Screening of Seized Drugs
Date Published
August 5, 2024
NIJ-funded scientists from West Virginia University develop quick, easy, and accurate drug tests.
Supporting Law Enforcement and Prosecution of Opioid-Related Overdose Deaths
Date Published
December 5, 2022
An Examination of Cuyahoga County’s Heroin Involved Death Investigation (HIDI) Protocol
Study Reveals Inaccurate Labeling of Marijuana as Hemp
Date Published
October 17, 2022
Five Things About Substance Use Interventions
Date Published
January 10, 2022
Field Sobriety Tests and THC Levels Unreliable Indicators of Marijuana Intoxication
Date Published
April 5, 2021
Researchers investigated how marijuana affects skills required for safe driving and found that biofluid levels of THC did not correlate with field sobriety test performance or marijuana intoxication, regardless of how the cannabis was ingested.
Fast and Portable Drug Testing: Dual-Method Prototype Shows Promise for Court-Admissible Drug Testing
Date Published
March 12, 2021
Researchers integrate two independent, validated drug-testing techniques – mass spectrometry and Raman spectroscopy – onto a single platform prototype for fast and accurate analysis of seized substances.