Seized drugs
Just Science Podcast: Just Wastewater Drug Surveillance In Kentucky
Just Science Podcast: Just Rapidly Identifying Drugs Involved in Suspected Overdoses
Detecting Fentanyl Use Through Court-Ordered Mandatory Drug Testing
Researchers develop a more accurate picture of fentanyl use prevalence among people under court-ordered mandatory drug testing.
Research and Development for the Creation of Validated Protocols for the Forensic Detection and Quantification of Psilocybin and Psilocin in Complex Edible Matrices
Novel Psychoactive Substance Discovery, Education, and Reporting Institute
Advancing New Psychoactive Substance Detection by Performance Comparison of High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry Techniques
What’s That Drug? Fast Screening of Seized Drugs
Success Story: NIJ and The Virginia Department of Forensic Science Advancing Drug Analysis in Forensic Toxicology for Enhanced Judicial Outcomes
What You Can’t Buy, Can’t Kill You
Developing Aptamer-Based Colorimetric Opioid Tests
Expert Algorithm for Substance Identification (EASI)
Determination of Δ9-THC, THCA, Δ8-THC, and Total Δ9-THC in 53 Smokable Hemp Plant Products by Liquid Chromatography and Photodiode Array Detection
Evidence-Based Evaluation Of The Analytical Schemes In ASTM E2329-17 Standard Practice For Identification Of Seized Drugs For Methamphetamine Samples
Prevalence of Fentanyl and Its Analogues in a Court-Ordered Mandatory Drug Testing Population
NIJ FY24 Novel Psychoactive Substance Discovery, Education, and Reporting Institute
New Forensic Methods to Accurately Determine THC in Seized Cannabis
New Forensic Methods to Accurately Determine THC in Seized Cannabis
NIJ-funded researchers address the need for simple, cost-effective ways to differentiate hemp from marijuana.
What's Known and Unknown about Marijuana (Part Two)
Marijuana legalization poses many challenges — especially those related to drug chemistry and toxicology — for researchers, law enforcement, and policy makers. In the latest episode of Justice Today, NIJ Communications Assistant Josh Mondoro hosts a conversation with NIJ Scientist Frances Scott about marijuana toxicology, including comparing its effects to alcohol, measuring impairment, and maintaining public safety as more and more states legalize recreational marijuana.
What's Known and Unknown about Marijuana (Part One)
Marijuana poses many challenges for researchers, law enforcement, and policy makers, challenges that fall into two fields: drug chemistry and toxicology. NIJ scientist Dr. Frances Scott joins this episode to explain the complications in drug chemistry and how difficulties defining marijuana lead to backlogs in crime labs around the country. NIJ Communications Assistant Josh Mondoro hosts.
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