Objective Image Analysis for the Interpretation of Colorimetric Tests for Drugs of Abuse
DJO-NIJ-22-RO-0009
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2022
$80,000
Seized drugs
Just Science Podcast: Just Outreach Teams for Substance Use in Rural Nevada
Date Published
July 2024
Publication Type
Issue Overview
Agencies
BJA-Sponsored,
NIJ-Sponsored
Just Science Podcast: Just Wastewater Drug Surveillance In Kentucky
Date Published
June 2024
Publication Type
Issue Overview
Agencies
BJA-Sponsored,
NIJ-Sponsored
Just Science Podcast: Just Rapidly Identifying Drugs Involved in Suspected Overdoses
Date Published
June 2024
Publication Type
Issue Overview
Agencies
BJA-Sponsored,
NIJ-Sponsored
Research and Development for the Creation of Validated Protocols for the Forensic Detection and Quantification of Psilocybin and Psilocin in Complex Edible Matrices
15PNIJ-24-GG-03848-MUMU
Awarded, but not yet accepted
Funding First Awarded
2024
$781,087
Novel Psychoactive Substance Discovery, Education, and Reporting Institute
15PNIJ-24-GK-00981-COAP
Open
Funding First Awarded
2024
$2,000,000
Advancing New Psychoactive Substance Detection by Performance Comparison of High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry Techniques
15PNIJ-24-GG-01569-RESS
Awarded, but not yet accepted
Funding First Awarded
2024
$119,881
What’s That Drug? Fast Screening of Seized Drugs
Date Published
August 2024
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
NIJ
Success Story: NIJ and The Virginia Department of Forensic Science Advancing Drug Analysis in Forensic Toxicology for Enhanced Judicial Outcomes
Date Published
July 2024
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
What You Can’t Buy, Can’t Kill You
Date Published
2024
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Developing Aptamer-Based Colorimetric Opioid Tests
Date Published
March 2024
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Expert Algorithm for Substance Identification (EASI)
Date Published
2024
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Determination of Δ9-THC, THCA, Δ8-THC, and Total Δ9-THC in 53 Smokable Hemp Plant Products by Liquid Chromatography and Photodiode Array Detection
Date Published
March 2024
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Evidence-Based Evaluation Of The Analytical Schemes In ASTM E2329-17 Standard Practice For Identification Of Seized Drugs For Methamphetamine Samples
Date Published
May 2024
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Prevalence of Fentanyl and Its Analogues in a Court-Ordered Mandatory Drug Testing Population
Date Published
2024
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
NIJ FY24 Novel Psychoactive Substance Discovery, Education, and Reporting Institute
Closing Date
Grants.gov Deadline
Application JustGrants Deadline
With this solicitation, NIJ seeks to establish and operate a Novel Psychoactive Substance Discovery, Education, and Reporting Institute (NPS DiscERn) to rapidly identify and report newly emerging opioids, stimulants, and other drugs which may cause intoxication, impairment, or other adverse effects.
New Forensic Methods to Accurately Determine THC in Seized Cannabis
Date Published
February 2024
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
NIJ
What's Known and Unknown about Marijuana (Part Two)
January 2024
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)
January 2024
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.
Reading and Resources from NIJ:
Phase II Metabolites of Drugs in Hair: A Potential Solution for Environmental Contamination
Date Published
2023
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Grant Sponsored)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Superhydrophobic Surface Modification of Polymer Microneedles Enables Fabrication of Multimodal Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy and Mass Spectrometry Substrates for Synthetic Drug Detection in Blood Plasma
Date Published
September 2023
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
The Cross-Reactivity of Cannabinoid Analogs (Delta-8-THC, Delta-10-THC and CBD), Their Metabolites and Chiral Carboxy HHC Metabolites in Urine of Six Commercially Available Homogeneous Immunoassays
Date Published
2023
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
A Data-Informed Response to Emerging Drugs
Date Published
December 2023
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
NIJ