Opioids

Evaluation of Sample Preparation Techniques for Matrix Effects and Absolute Recovery using UPLC-MS/MS using Opiates and Liver Tissue Specimens as the Model and Application to Post-Mortem Toxicology

Date Published

June 2018

Publication Type

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

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Understanding the Opioid Crisis Case-by-Case: Overdose Fatality Reviews in Wisconsin

May 2019

Mallory O’Brien, Assistant Professor, Medical College of Wisconsin, discusses the Wisconsin’s Overdose Fatality Review process, a joint effort of the State Departments of Justice and Public Health, that brings together all of the stakeholders to share specific case information to understand the overdose, the events leading up to it, and what opportunities the can uncover for actions that can be taken to address the overall crisis.

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Two Police Chiefs Perspectives on the Opioid Crisis

Date Published

May 2019

Publication Type

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

Agencies

NIJ

Two Police Chiefs Perspectives on the Opioid Crisis

May 2019

The opioid crisis has grown to one of the largest issues that American law enforcement face. Chiefs, Richard Biehl, Chief of Police, Dayton (Ohio) Police Department, and Brandon del Pozo, Chief of Police, Burlington (Vermont) Police Department offer a police executive's perspective on managing the response and balancing a public health and criminal justice approach.

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Opioid Crisis: Two Chiefs Discuss the Challenges, Changes, and Results in Their Jurisdictions

May 2019

Dayton (Ohio) Police Chief Richard Biehl and Burlington (Vermont) Police Chief Brandon del Pozo discuss the challenges of introducing institutional change across all of the agencies necessary to address the opioid crisis. They also explain the changes that they have made in their jurisdictions and the outcomes of those changes.

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Identifying New Illicit Drugs and Sounding the Alarm in Real Time

Just Science: Forensic Advancement: Just Throwing Darts at the Opioid Crisis

Date Published

December 2018

Publication Type

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

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Building Drug Intelligence Networks to Combat the Opioid Crisis in Rural Communities: A Collaborative Intelligence-led Policing Strategy

2018-AR-BX-0004

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2018

$725,018

Establishing Sufficiency Thresholds for Assessing the Quality of Mass Spectral Data

2018-DU-BX-0184

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2018

$282,703

Longitudinal Effects of Prolonged Opioid Use on Cortical Bone Remodeling in a Rabbit Model

2018-DU-BX-0188

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2018

$323,392

Identification of Drugs in Powders, Tablets, Liquids, and Plant Material Via Total Vaporization Solid Phase Microextraction (TV-SPME)

2018-75-CX-0035

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2018

$96,469

High Resolution Mass Spectrometry Screening in Forensic Toxicology: Cost Benefit Analysis

2018-75-CX-0040

Past Project Period End Date

Funding First Awarded

2018

$306,688

Development of Portable Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy Nanosensors for Ultrasensitive Characterization of Drugs in Human Biofluids

2018-75-CX-0034

Past Project Period End Date

Funding First Awarded

2018

$445,244

Detection and Identification of Psychoactive Material Based On SPME-facilitated DART-MS-derived Headspace Chemical Signatures and Chemometrics

2018-R2-CX-0012

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2018

$100,000

Structural Characterization of Emerging Synthetic Drugs

2018-75-CX-0033

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2018

$368,415

National Study of Family Treatment Court Best Practices, Outcomes, and Costs

2018-DC-BX-0056

Past Project Period End Date

Funding First Awarded

2018

$856,308

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

2018-75-CX-0022

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2018

$648,227

Oklahoma Multi-Site Family Drug Court Model Standards Study (OKMSS)

2018-DC-BX-0007

Open

Funding First Awarded

2018

$1,000,000

Just Science Podcast: Episode 60: Just So You Know – FTCoE Team - Dr. Jeri Ropero-Miller

Date Published

September 2018

Publication Type

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

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Increasing Safety, Speed, Sensitivity, and Selectivity of Controlled Substance Analysis

2018-DU-BX-0165

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2018

$299,234

Using Artificial Intelligence Technologies to Expose Darknet Opioid Traffickers

2018-75-CX-0032

Past Project Period End Date

Funding First Awarded

2018

$985,950

Just Science Podcast: Episode 52: Just Opioid Financial Burden on Crime Labs

Date Published

July 2018

Publication Type

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

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Just Science Podcast: Episode 49: Drugs: Just Solving the Opioid Crisis

Date Published

June 2018

Publication Type

Report (Technical Assistance), Interview, Instructional Material (Programmed)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Analysis of NPS: Practical Considerations and Analytical Approaches

Event Dates

July 18, 2018, 1:00 pm – 4:30 pm

Location

Online

Event Type

Webinar

Registration Status

Open

Interpretative Toxicology for NPS in Forensic Casework- Session 3 of 3 for Best Practices Guidance for Advancing Research Initiatives and Combatting the Synthetic Drug Epidemic

Event Dates

July 25, 2018, 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Location

Online

Event Type

Webinar

Registration Status

Open