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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.

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To Catch a Drug

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To Catch a Drug

Implementation of NPS Discovery – An Early Warning Systems for Novel Drug Intelligence, Surveillance, Monitoring, Response, and Forecasting using Drug Materials and Toxicology Populations in the US

15PNIJ-22-GG-04434-MUMU

Past Project Period End Date

Funding First Awarded

2022

$485,938

Real-Time Sample-Mining and Data-Mining Approaches for the Discovery of Novel Psychoactive Substances (NPS)

2020-DQ-BX-0007

Past Project Period End Date

Funding First Awarded

2022

$200,000

Development of a colorimetric breath analyzer for THC

15PNIJ-22-GG-04437-RESS

Past Project Period End Date

Funding First Awarded

2022

$170,834

Evaluation of Pretreatment and Extraction Parameters for the Analysis of Fentanyl in Hair Using Statistical Design of Experiments (DoE)

Date Published

2022

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Characterization of fentanyl HCl powder prior to and after systematic degradation

Date Published

June 2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

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

Date Published

2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Drug Overdose Evidence: How Intelligence Collection and Analysis of Drug Overdoses Can Improve Drug Investigations and Lead to Major Drug Traffickers

Date Published

2022

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Just Science Podcast: Just Forensic Toxicology and Professional Partnerships

Date Published

June 2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Comprehensive Drug Screening of Whole Blood by LC-HRMS-MS in a Forensic Laboratory

Date Published

2021

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

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

Date Published

April 2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

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

Date Published

April 2022

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

2019 National Institute of Justice Forensic Science Research and Development Symposium

Date Published

February 2019

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

FLN-TWG: LC-MS-Based Forensic Toxicology Screening

Date Published

February 2021

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

NPS Discovery Toolkit

Date Published

April 2022

Publication Type

Technical Assistance, Training, Reference Material

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Report - First National Institute of Justice Forensic Science Symposium at Pittcon (NIJ-FSS)

Date Published

2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

2016 National Institute of Justice Forensic Science Research and Development Symposium

Date Published

April 2022

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

A Forward-Thinking Approach to Addressing the New Synthetic Opioid 2-Benzylbenzimidazole Nitazene Analogs by Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Quadrupole Mass Spectrometry (LC-QQQ-MS)

Date Published

April 2022

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Enhancing Nonfouling and Sensitivity of Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering Substrates for Potent Drug Analysis in Blood Plasma via Fabrication of a Flexible Plasmonic Patch

Date Published

2021

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Optimization of electromagnetic hot spots in surface-enhanced Raman scattering substrates for an ultrasensitive drug assay of emergency department patients' plasma

Date Published

2020

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Cannabinoid-based vaping products and supplement formulations reported by consumers to precipitate adverse effects

Date Published

March 2022

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Toxicological and Pharmacological Characterization of Novel Cinnamylpiperazine Synthetic Opioids in Humans and in Vitro Including 2-methyl AP-237 and AP-238

Date Published

March 2022

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Metonitazene in the United States-Forensic toxicology assessment of a potent new synthetic opioid using liquid chromatography mass spectrometry

Date Published

2021

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

The next generation of synthetic cannabinoids: Detection, activity, and potential toxicity of pent-4en and but-3en analogues including MDMB-4en-PINACA

Date Published

2021

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Quantitation of Fentanyl and Metabolites from Blow Fly Tissue and Development Effects of Fentanyl on Lucilia Sericata

Date Published

2021

Publication Type

Thesis/Dissertation

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored