Opioids

Supporting Law Enforcement and Prosecution of Opioid-Related Overdose Deaths

NCJ Number

305347

Date Published

December 2022

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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Supporting Law Enforcement and Prosecution of Opioid-Related Overdose Deaths

Date Published

December 5, 2022

An Examination of Cuyahoga County’s Heroin Involved Death Investigation (HIDI) Protocol

Utility of gas chromatography infrared spectroscopy (GC-IR) for the differentiation of isomers of related substances

NCJ Number

305514

Journal

Forensic Chemistry

Date Published

July 2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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Delaware Opioid Metric Intelligence Project, Final Report

NCJ Number

305452

Date Published

June 2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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To Catch a Drug

October 2022

Series

Justice Today Podcast

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.

Transcript

To Catch a Drug

Audio file

To Catch a Drug

Marijuana Intoxication: Roadside Tool for Law Enforcement to Measure Impaired Peripheral Vision

15PNIJ-22-GG-04417-RESS

Past Project Period End Date

Funding First Awarded

2022

$595,000

Non-contact detection of fentanyl and other synthetic opioids: Towards a generalized approach to the detection of dangerous drug clases

15PNIJ-22-GG-04418-RESS

Past Project Period End Date

Funding First Awarded

2022

$642,632

Aptamer-Based Oral Fluid Testing Device for Roadside Screening of Recent Marijuana Use in Drivers

15PNIJ-22-GG-04440-RESS

Open

Funding First Awarded

2022

$359,373

Research and Development Using High-level Quantum Chemistry Calculations for the Creation of a Rapid Field Test for the Identification and Differentiation of Hemp and Marijuana

15PNIJ-22-GG-04423-SLFO

Open

Funding First Awarded

2022

$604,176

Meeting the Evolving Challenges of Fentanyl and Other Emerging Drugs of Abuse: Innovative Strategies for Improving Analysis

NCJ Number

305131

Date Published

September 2022

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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Helping Identify Potential Drug-Related Deaths: What to Tell the Coroner or Medical Examiner's Office

NCJ Number

305178

Date Published

August 2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

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Assessing the causes of racial disparities in drug courts: An intersectional approach to eliminating barriers to admittance

15PNIJ-21-GG-04708-NIJB

Open

Funding First Awarded

2021

$533,204

Meeting the Evolving Challenges of Fentanyl and Other Emerging Drugs of Abuse: Innovative Strategies for Improving Analysis

Date Published

September 1, 2022

NIJ-supported research offers new workflow for complicated drug analysis, improves upon traditional workflow.

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Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Heroin and Crime Initiative: Informing the Investigation and Prosecution of Heroin-Related Overdose, Research Abstract

NCJ Number

305021

Date Published

2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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The Current Community Context of Overdose Deaths: Relations among Drug Types, Drug Markets, and Socioeconomic Neighborhood Characteristics

NCJ Number

305018

Journal

Sociological Forum

Date Published

December 2021

Agencies

BJA-Sponsored, NIJ-Sponsored

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Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Heroin and Crime Initiative: Informing the Investigation and Prosecution of Heroin-Related Overdose: Summary Overview of the HIDI Protocol and Recommendations for Law Enforcement

NCJ Number

304990

Date Published

2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

PDF

Challenges in Identifying Novel Psychoactive Substances and a Stronger Path Forward

Complex Drug Mixtures Analysis, Using Open-Source Search Software and Library Building Tool

NCJ Number

304870

Date Published

June 2022

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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Quantitative Analysis of Novel Synthetic Opioids, Morphine and Buprenorphine in Oral Fluid by LC-MS-MS

NCJ Number

254077

Journal

Journal of Analytical Toxicology

Date Published

2018

Agencies

NIJ

Series

BJA Implementation Manuals

Publication Type

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

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Reports of Adverse Events Associated with Use of Novel Psychoactive Substances, 2017-2020: A Review

NCJ Number

304823

Journal

Journal of Analytical Toxicology

Date Published

April 2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Literature Review

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Non-contact detection of fentanyl by a field-portable ion mobility spectrometer

NCJ Number

304780

Journal

Drug Testing and Analysis

Date Published

May 2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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DNA Aptamer–Cyanine Complexes as Generic Colorimetric Small-Molecule Sensors

NCJ Number

304774

Journal

Angeewandte Chemie

Date Published

2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

HTML

Pharmacological Evaluation and Forensic Case Series of N-pyrrolidino Etonitazene (etonitazepyne), a Newly Emerging 2-benzylbenzimidazole 'Nitazene' Synthetic Opioid

NCJ Number

304811

Journal

Archives of Toxicology

Date Published

April 2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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A transnational perspective on the evolution of the synthetic cannabinoid receptor agonists market: Comparing prison and general populations

NCJ Number

304735

Journal

Drug Testing and Analysis

Date Published

2021

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

HTML

Accurate and Lightweight Image Super-Resolution With Model-Guided Deep Unfolding Network

NCJ Number

304734

Journal

IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing

Date Published

2021

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

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