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Effects of Marijuana Legalization on Law Enforcement and Crime: Executive Summary

Date Published

June 2020

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Summary), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description, Legislation/Policy Analysis

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Countering Drug-Impaired Driving: Addressing the Complexities of Gathering and Presenting Evidence in Drug-Impaired Driving Cases

Date Published

January 2020

Series

NIJ Identifying the Highest Priority Criminal Justice Needs

Publication Type

Report (Technical Assistance), Report (Grant Sponsored), Instructional Material (Programmed)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Novel Technique Improves Analysis of Thermally Unstable Illicit Drugs

Date Published

June 2020

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

Agencies

NIJ

Novel Technique Improves Analysis of Thermally Unstable Illicit Drugs

Date Published

June 15, 2020

Analyzing illicit drugs such as methamphetamine is difficult because the drugs break down when heated in gas chromatographs. Investigators determined that a new method can avoid the heat issue and improve results.

Development of A Comprehensive Genetic Tool for Identification of Cannabis Sativa Samples for Forensic and Intelligence Purposes

Date Published

May 2018

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

A Mechanism Based Forensic Investigation into the Postmortem Redistribution of Morphine

Date Published

April 2018

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

The Determination and Evaluation of Pyrolytic Products: A Focus on Synthetic Cannabinoids

Date Published

2018

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Metabolism and Analysis of Desomorphine

Date Published

December 2018

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Comprehensive Needs Assessment of Forensic Laboratories and Medical Examiner/Coroner Offices Points to Solutions for a System Under Stress

Recreational Research: Analyzing "Designer Drugs" at Miami's Premier Electronic Music Festival

Date Published

October 2015

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Synthesis, Spectroscopy and Pharmacology of Emerging Synthetic Opioids

Date Published

April 2020

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Long-term Stability of Synthetic Cannabinoids in Biological Matrices

Date Published

April 2020

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Summary), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Development of Modern Microcrystal Tests for Controlled Drugs, Diverted Pharmaceuticals and Bath Salts

Date Published

April 2020

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Summary), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Detection of One Pot Methamphetamine Laboratories via Wastewater Sampling

Date Published

April 2019

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

The Application of Gold Nanoparticles for the Trace Detection of Synthetic Cannabinoids in Saliva and Urine by Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy

Date Published

April 2020

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

One Pot Methamphetamine Laboratory Ambient Standoff Detection and Decontamination

Date Published

April 2019

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

TECHBeat, November 2017

Date Published

November 2017

Publication Type

Report (Technical Assistance), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

TECHBeat, March 2018

Date Published

March 2018

Publication Type

Report (Technical Assistance), Program/Project Description

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

TECHBeat, November 2018

Date Published

November 2018

Publication Type

Report (Technical Assistance), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description, Newsletter, News and Announcement, Instructional Material

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

TECHBeat, October 2018

Date Published

October 2018

Publication Type

Report (Technical Assistance), Report (Grant Sponsored), Newsletter, Instructional Material

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

TECHBeat, June 2018

Date Published

June 2018

Publication Type

Report (Technical Assistance), Report (Grant Sponsored), Report (Annual/Periodic), Program/Project Description, Newsletter, Instructional Material

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Interviews with NIJ’s American Indian and Alaska Native Travel Scholars

April 2020

NIJ’s American Indian and Alaska Native Travel Scholarship Program Scholars discuss:

• Why they applied to the program.
• Which conference they chose to attend and why.
• Why representation of American Indian and Alaska Native is important in the field of criminal justice.
• What conference sessions they chose to attend and which they found most interesting.
• How they want to contribute to the fields of tribal and criminal justice.

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Just Science Podcast: Just Analyzing Beverages for Cannabinoids

Date Published

April 2020

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description, Interview, Instructional Material (Programmed)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Experts Identify Priority Needs for Addressing Correctional Agency Security Threats

Video: Advances in Investigative Techniques: Drug Monitoring Programs

Date Published

March 2020

Publication Type

Report (Technical Assistance), Program/Project Description, Instructional Material (Programmed)

Agencies

NIJ