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Accurate and rapid electrochemical detection of fentanyl in hydrophobic ionic liquid at subzero temperatures

Journal

Electrochimica Acta

Date Published

December 2025

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Designer Fentanyl Precursors Leading the Way to New Fentanyl Analogs—The Case of ortho-Methylfentanyl

Journal

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Date Published

December 2025

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

An Assessment of the Impact of a Multipronged Approach to Reducing Problematic Pain Clinics in Florida

Journal

Journal of Drug Issues

Date Published

2017

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Program/Project Evaluation, Legislation/Policy Analysis

Non-Contact Detection of Fentanyl and Other Opioids: Towards a Generalized Approach to Detection of Dangerous Drug Classes

O2411-015-017-044317-0

Open

Funding First Awarded

2025

$624,483

Electronic Cigarettes: A Tangle of Regulation, Public Health, and Public Safety Issues

May 2025

While modern electronic cigarettes (ECIG) were invented as an effective alternate method for nicotine delivery, the unregulated cannabis industry and recreational drug consumers adopted them for their culture acceptability and concealability. Absent strong, clear federal regulations, the ECIG industry rapidly expanded product types and e-liquid formulations. E-liquids contain chemicals considered safe for oral consumption, creating an aura of safety for consumers.

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Violence As Regulation and Social Control in the Distribution of Crack (From Drugs and Violence: Causes, Correlates, and Consequences, P 8-43, 1990, Mario De La Rosa, Elizabeth Y Lambert, Bernard Gropper, eds. -- See NCJ-128781)

Date Published

1990

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Development of new cocaine hair testing guidelines: investigation of decontamination protocols, damage/adulteration evaluation, and cosmetic treatment impact

15PNIJ-24-GG-03852-SLFO

Open

Funding First Awarded

2024

$185,870

What You Can’t Buy, Can’t Kill You

Date Published

2024

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Evaluation of Using Telehealth for Opioid Use Disorders in a Correctional Setting

Date Published

May 2023

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Studies on the Formation of N-Methylperfluoroalkylnitrile Cations from Perfluoroacylphenethylamines in Electron Ionisation Mass Spectrometry: Unique Marker Ion Fragments in Methamphetamine Analysis

Journal

European Journal of Mass Spectrometry

Date Published

July 2012

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Developing Aptamer-Based Colorimetric Opioid Tests

Journal

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Date Published

March 2024

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Expert Algorithm for Substance Identification Using Mass Spectrometry: Application to the Identification of Cocaine on Different Instruments Using Binary Classification Models

Journal

Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry

Date Published

2023

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Evidence-Based Evaluation Of The Analytical Schemes In ASTM E2329-17 Standard Practice For Identification Of Seized Drugs For Methamphetamine Samples

Journal

Forensic Chemistry

Date Published

May 2024

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Chromatographic and mass spectral studies on methoxymethcathinones related to 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine

Journal

Journal of Chromatographic Science

Date Published

March 2006

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

GC-MS Analysis of Acylated Derivatives of the Side Chain Regioisomers of 4-Methoxy-3-methyl-phenethylamines Related to Methylenedioxymethamphetamine

Journal

Journal of Chromatographic Science

Date Published

September 2007

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

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

Comparison of the Novel Direct Analysis in Real Time time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry (AccuTOF-DART) and Signature Analysis for the Identification of Constituents of Refined Illicit Cocaine

Journal

Microgram Journal

Date Published

2007

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

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

Forensic Science (2011)

Journal

Analytical Chemistry

Date Published

2011

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

The Experiences of Men with Substance Use Disorders Exiting Prison at the Height of the Opioid Crisis

Date Published

2021

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Thesis/Dissertation

In Vitro Metabolism of Desomorphine

Journal

Forensic Science International

Date Published

August 2018

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Introducing Structure-Switching Functionality into Small-Molecule-Binding Aptamers via Nuclease-Directed Truncation

Journal

Nucleic Acids Research

Date Published

July 2018

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

An Aptamer-based Paper Microfluidic Device for the Colorimetric Determination of Cocaine

Journal

Electrophoresis

Date Published

2018

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Quantification of Cocaine in Ternary Mixtures Using Partial Least Squares Regression Applied to Raman and Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy

Journal

Journal of Raman Spectroscopy

Date Published

August 2017

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Assessing the Activity of Synthetic Opioid AH-7921 and U-47700 Analogs in Cloned Human Mu-Opioid Receptor Expressing Fibrosarcoma HT-1080 Cells

Journal

Faseb Journal

Date Published

2018

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Ultraviolet Resonance Raman Spectroscopy for the Detection of Cocaine in Oral Fluid

Journal

Spectrochimica Acta Part a-Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy

Date Published

January 2018

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Accelerating Convolutional Neural Network via Structured Gaussian Scale Mixture Models: A Joint Grouping and Pruning Approach

Journal

IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing

Date Published

2020

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)