Developing Aptamer-Based Colorimetric Opioid Tests
Date Published
March 2024
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Seized drugs
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
Accurate THC Determinations in Seized Cannabis-derived Finished Products for Forensic Laboratories
DJO-NIJ-22-RO-0002
Open
Funding First Awarded
2023
$400,000
New Systematic Naming for Synthetic Cannabinoid “MDA-19” and Its Related Analogues: BZO-HEXOXIZID, 5F-BZO-POXIZID, and BZO-POXIZID
Date Published
2021
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
New Synthetic Opioid Protonitazene Increasing in Prevalence as “Nitazenes” Gain Traction Across the United States and Canada
Date Published
2021
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
In vitro cannabinoid receptor activity, metabolism, and detection in seized samples of CH-PIATA, a new indole-3-acetamide synthetic cannabinoid
Date Published
2023
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Validation of a combined Fast blue BB and 4-Aminophenol colorimetric test for indication of Hemp-type and Marijuana-type cannabis
Date Published
December 2022
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Chemical identification and optimization of the 4-aminophenol colorimetric test for the differentiation between hemp-type and marijuana-type cannabis plant samples
Date Published
2023
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
New High Potency Synthetic Opioid N-Pyrrolidino Etonitazene (Etonitazepyne) Linked to Overdoses Across United States
Date Published
2021
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Reagentless Voltammetric Identification of Cocaine from Complex Powders
Date Published
2022
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
NPS Discovery: 2022 Year in Review
Date Published
2022
Publication Type
Report (Annual/Periodic)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
NPS Discovery: 2021 Year in Review
Date Published
2021
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored