Novel psychoactive substances

Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS) and Gas Chromatography-Infrared (GC-IR) Analyses of the Chloro-1-n-pentyl-3-(1-naphthoyl)-Indoles: Regioisomeric Cannabinoids

Date Published

2019

Publication Type

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

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Comparison of in-source collision-induced dissociation and beam-type collision-induced dissociation of emerging synthetic drugs

Date Published

2021

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

NIJ Announces $1.3M to Fund Research in Public Forensic Laboratories

On January 11, 2022, NIJ announced $1.3 million in funding to support 5 new projects under its Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories (Public Labs R&E) program. Through its funding of forensic science grants, NIJ, a component of the Office of Justice Programs, continues to improve the examination and interpretation of physical evidence across the...

Identifying Novel Psychoactive Substances: NIJ-Funded Research in Action

The DEA has issued a notice of intent to publish a temporary order to schedule seven synthetic benzimidazole-opioid substances in schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act. In addition to information gathered from multiple other data sources reviewed by DEA regarding novel synthetic drugs, trend reports from NPS Discovery, which provide near real-time information regarding NPS prevalence, are referenced in the Federal Register Notice. The...

GC-MS and GC-IR analysis of substituted N-benzyl 4-bromo-2,5-dimethoxyphenylisopropylamines

Date Published

June 2021

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

GC-MS and GC-IR analysis of methylenedioxyphenylalkylamine analogues of the psychoactive 25X-NBOMe drugs

Date Published

May 2021

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

In Vitro Isolation of Class-specific Oligonucleotide-based Small-Molecule Receptors

Date Published

July 2019

Publication Type

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

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Objective Method for Presumptive Field-Testing of Illicit Drug Possession Using Centrifugal Microdevices and Smartphone Analysis

Date Published

2016

Publication Type

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

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

DART-MS Data Interpretation Tool and Other Resources for Seized Drug Analysis

Event Dates

October 21, 2021, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Eastern

Location

Online

Event Type

Webinar

Registration Status

Open

The current role of mass spectrometry in forensics and future prospects

Date Published

2020

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Call it a "nightshade"-A hierarchical classification approach to identification of hallucinogenic Solanaceae spp. using DART-HRMS-derived chemical signatures

Date Published

2019

Agencies

NIJ

NPS Discovery and the Hunt for New Drugs of Abuse

Date Published

June 2021

Agencies

NIJ

Postmortem Distribution and Redistribution of Synthetic Cathinones

Date Published

2018

Publication Type

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

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Just Science Podcast: Just the Importance of Identifying Emerging Drug Threats

Date Published

February 2021

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Structural Characterization of Emerging Synthetic Drugs by Mass Spectrometry

Event Dates

March 5, 2021, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Eastern

Location

Online

Event Type

Webinar

Registration Status

Open

Novel Synthetic Opioids in Oral Fluid: Analytical Methods and Prevalence

Event Dates

February 11, 2021, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Eastern

Location

Online

Event Type

Webinar

Registration Status

Open

Preemptive Approach to Combatting and Characterizing Emerging Synthetic Opioids

Event Dates

February 8, 2021, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Eastern

Location

Online

Event Type

Webinar

Registration Status

Open

Toxicological Time Travel: Retrospective Datamining of Analytical Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry (TOFMS) Data for Evaluating the Rise and Fall of Novel Opioid and Fentanyl Analog Use in the United States

Date Published

December 2020

Publication Type

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

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Emerging Drug Threats

DJO-NIJ-20-RO-0006

Open

Funding First Awarded

2020

$125,000

Emerging Drug Threats

DJO-NIJ-20-RO-0006

Open

Funding First Awarded

2020

$125,000

Retrospective Identification of Synthetic Cannabinoids in Forensic Toxicology Casework Using Archived High Resolution Mass Spectrometry Data

Date Published

November 2020

Publication Type

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

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Forensic Chemistry of Substituted N-Benzylmethoxy (N-BOMe) Phenethylamines: Isomeric Designer Drugs Related to 25I-N-BOMe

Date Published

November 2020

Publication Type

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

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Novel Psychoactive Substance Naming Conventions & Challenges

Event Dates

July 22, 2021, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Eastern

Location

Online

Event Type

Webinar

Registration Status

Open

A More Timely Process for Identifying and Analyzing Trends of Emerging Novel Psychoactive Substances in the United States

Date Published

December 2019

Publication Type

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

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Differentiation of Cyclic Tertiary Amine Cathinone Derivatives by Product Ion Electron Ionization Mass Spectrometry

Date Published

March 2016

Publication Type

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

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

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