Drug use
Detecting Drug Exposure Long After the Fact: New Method Proves Effective
Date Published
October 2023
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
NIJ
Rapid screening and identification of fentanyl in drug mixtures using surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy
15PNIJ-23-GG-04230-RESS
Open
Funding First Awarded
2023
$190,662
Optimizing Analytical Parameters for Detection of Chronic and Single Dose Drug Exposure in Forensic Hair Analysis
15PNIJ-23-GG-04208-MUMU
Open
Funding First Awarded
2023
$431,892
The Low-Down on Methamphetamine Isomers: Prevalence and Pharmacology in Humans
15PNIJ-23-GG-04216-MUMU
Open
Funding First Awarded
2023
$1,042,225
Developing a Portable and Fast Opioid Assessment Tool for Improved Field Decision-Making
15PNIJ-23-GG-04225-RESS
Open
Funding First Awarded
2023
$308,002
Implementation of NPS Discovery – An Early Warning Systems for Novel Drug Intelligence, Surveillance, Monitoring, Response, and Forecasting using Drug Materials and Toxicology Populations in the US
15PNIJ-22-GG-04434-MUMU
Past Project Period End Date
Funding First Awarded
2023
$492,810
Development of a colorimetric breath analyzer for THC
15PNIJ-22-GG-04437-RESS
Past Project Period End Date
Funding First Awarded
2023
$245,592
Etodesnitazene — New Synthetic Opioid Identified During Forensic Death Investigations in the United States and Canada
Date Published
2021
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Five Things About Vaping and Electronic Cigarettes
Date Published
August 2023
Publication Type
Factsheet
Agencies
NIJ
Does Exotic Dancing Lead to Prostitution? An Exploratory Study
Date Published
2023
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Metabolic and toxicological considerations of the opioid replacement therapy and analgesic drugs: methadone and buprenorphine
Date Published
2013
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
The Andronowski Skeletal Collection for Histological Research: A Modern Anatomical Contribution
Date Published
2022
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Classifying Crime Places by Neighborhood Visual Appearance and Police Geonarratives: A Machine Learning Approach
Date Published
November 2021
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Utilizing Direct Analysis in Real Time-High Resolution Mass Spectrometry-Derived Dark Matter Spectra to Classify and Identify Unknown Synthetic Cathinones
Date Published
2018
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Impacts of Successive Drug Legislation Shifts: Qualitative Observations from Oregon Law Enforcement
Date Published
2023
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Vaping: It's Not What You Think
May 2023
Vaping has grown in popularity as an alternative to cigarettes, but like its predecessor, vaping brings many health complications to consumers. Thanks to the persistence of researchers like Dr. Michelle Peace, these once unknown dangers have been brought to light. Dr. Peace, a tenured Associate Professor and founding member of VCU’s Department of Forensic Science, joins host and NIJ Scientist Dr. Frances Scott to discuss the history and science of vaping and what it does to our bodies.
Examining the Effects of Juvenile Drug Treatment Courts: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Date Published
March 2022
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
LC-MS Screening Assay For Abused Drug Exposure Based On Covalent Peptide/Protein Modification
Date Published
2022
Publication Type
Thesis/Dissertation
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Assessment of National and State Tip Line Technology as a Strategy for Identifying Threats to School Safety
Date Published
December 2021
Publication Type
Report (Technical)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Qualitative Analysis of Real Drug Evidence Using DART-MS and the Inverted Library Search Algorithm
Date Published
August 2022
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
The Impact of Drugs on Human Decomposition and the Postmortem Interval: Insect, Scavenger and Microbial Evidence
Date Published
2023
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Novel Blood Protein Modification Assay for Retrospective Detection of Drug Exposure – Development and Validation
Date Published
2022
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Stability of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in contaminated fingermarks probed by Raman Spectroscopy: Effect of temperature and time since deposition
Date Published
December 2022
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored