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National Institute of Justice's Forensic Technology Center of Excellence 2019 National Opioid and Emerging Drug Threats Policy and Practice Forum

Date Published

July 2020

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

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

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

Date Published

June 2020

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

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

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

Date Published

January 2020

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

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

Effects of Marijuana Legalization on Law Enforcement and Crime: Final Report

Date Published

June 2020

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

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

Novel Technique Improves Analysis of Thermally Unstable Illicit Drugs

Date Published

June 2020

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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.

A Mechanism Based Forensic Investigation into the Postmortem Redistribution of Morphine

Date Published

April 2018

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

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

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

Date Published

May 2018

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

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

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

Date Published

2018

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Grant Sponsored), Thesis/Dissertation

Metabolism and Analysis of Desomorphine

Date Published

December 2018

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

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

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

Journal

Forensics

Date Published

October 2015

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Synthesis, Spectroscopy and Pharmacology of Emerging Synthetic Opioids

Date Published

April 2020

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

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

Long-term Stability of Synthetic Cannabinoids in Biological Matrices

Date Published

April 2020

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

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

Detection of One Pot Methamphetamine Laboratories via Wastewater Sampling

Date Published

April 2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

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

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

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

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

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

Date Published

April 2020

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

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

One Pot Methamphetamine Laboratory Ambient Standoff Detection and Decontamination

Date Published

April 2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

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

TECHBeat, November 2017

Date Published

November 2017

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

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

TECHBeat, March 2018

Date Published

March 2018

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Report (Technical Assistance), Program/Project Description

TECHBeat, November 2018

Date Published

November 2018

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Technical Assistance, Program/Project Description, Instructional Material

TECHBeat, April 2019

Date Published

April 2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

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

TECHBeat, June 2019

Date Published

June 2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

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

TECHBeat, November 2019

Date Published

November 2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Program/Project Description

TECHBeat, October 2018

Date Published

October 2018

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

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