Drug use
Impacts of Successive Drug Legislation Shifts: Qualitative Observations from Oregon Law Enforcement
Date Published
2023
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Vaping: It's Not What You Think
May 2023
Series
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.
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Examining the Effects of Juvenile Drug Treatment Courts: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis, Final Report
Date Published
March 2022
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NIJ-Sponsored
LC-MS Screening Assay For Abused Drug Exposure Based On Covalent Peptide/Protein Modification
Date Published
2022
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Assessment of National and State Tip Line Technology as a Strategy for Identifying Threats to School Safety
Date Published
December 2021
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Qualitative Analysis of Real Drug Evidence Using DART-MS and the Inverted Library Search Algorithm
Date Published
August 2022
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
The Impact of Drugs on Human Decomposition and the Postmortem Interval: Insect, Scavenger and Microbial Evidence
Date Published
2023
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NIJ-Sponsored
Novel Blood Protein Modification Assay for Retrospective Detection of Drug Exposure – Development and Validation
Date Published
2022
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NIJ-Sponsored
Defining and Studying Elder Abuse Polyvictimization
January 2023
Series
NIJ Social Science Analyst Yunsoo Park shares her knowledge about elder abuse, a widespread issue in the U.S. and around the world, particularly polyvictimization — the experience of a range of different types of abuse and maltreatment. As much as 11% of community-residing older adults experienced some form of abuse or mistreatment in the past year. Yunsoo discusses risk factors, difficulties in defining and studying elder abuse polyvictimization, and strategies for intervention and prevention. Stacy Lee Reynolds, a Communications Assistant with NIJ, hosts.
Understanding, Preventing, and Responding to Human Trafficking
December 2022
Series
Human trafficking is an issue without a simple solution, but research on this problem is helping victims and developing tools and information to help better understand, prevent, and respond to trafficking. NIJ Scientist Mary Carlton joins host Josh Mondoro, Communications Assistant at NIJ, for a discussion about this research.
Development of Portable Sample-In-Answer-Out Microfluidic Systems for On-Site Analyte Detection
Date Published
2022
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NIJ-Sponsored
Drug Use Homophily in Adolescent Offenders' Close Friendship Groups
Journal
Date Published
2022
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NIJ-Sponsored,
OJJDP-Sponsored
To Catch a Drug
Date Published
October 2022
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NIJ
To Catch a Drug
October 2022
Series
NIJ communications assistant Josh Mondoro explores novel psychoactive substances with NIJ scientist Frances Scott. She explains what NPSs are, current research in the field, and the practical impact of this research for law enforcement and policymakers.
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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
2022
$485,938
Development of a colorimetric breath analyzer for THC
15PNIJ-22-GG-04437-RESS
Past Project Period End Date
Funding First Awarded
2022
$170,834
Real-Time Sample-Mining and Data-Mining Approaches for the Discovery of Novel Psychoactive Substances (NPS)
2020-DQ-BX-0007
Past Project Period End Date
Funding First Awarded
2022
$200,000