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

Date Published

January 2021

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Chemometric Processing of DART-HRMS-derived Dark Matter for the Identification of New Psychoactive Substances

Date Published

March 2021

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Novel Blood Protein Modification Assay for Retrospective Detection of Drug Exposure – Development and Validation

Date Published

2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

The Sentinel Role of Forensic Toxicology Laboratories to Identify and Act Upon Diverse Drug Threats by Addressing Toxicology and Economic Demands

Journal

Forensic Science International: Synergy

Date Published

November 2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Early-Career Forensic Toxicologists Take Home Top Awards for NIJ-Funded Research

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.

Transcript

To Catch a Drug

Audio file

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

Development of a colorimetric breath analyzer for THC

15PNIJ-22-GG-04437-RESS

Past Project Period End Date

Funding First Awarded

2022

$170,834

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

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

Journal

Journal of Analytical Toxicology

Date Published

2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Characterization of fentanyl HCl powder prior to and after systematic degradation

Journal

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Date Published

June 2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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

Date Published

2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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

Date Published

2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Just Science Podcast: Just Forensic Toxicology and Professional Partnerships

Date Published

June 2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Issue Overview

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

Journal

Journal of Analytical Toxicology

Date Published

2021

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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

Journal

Journal of Analytical Toxicology

Date Published

April 2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Literature Review

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

Journal

Archives of Toxicology

Date Published

April 2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

2019 National Institute of Justice Forensic Science Research and Development Symposium

Date Published

February 2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

NPS Discovery Toolkit

Date Published

April 2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Technical Assistance, Training, Reference Material

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

Date Published

2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Electronic Cigarettes: A Tangle of Regulation, Public Health, and Public Safety Issues

Event Dates

May 24, 2022, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Eastern

Location

Online

Event Type

Webinar

Registration Status

Not Required

Series

Unseen Threats: A Webinar Series from the AAFS Opioids and Emerging Drugs Ad-Hoc Committee

Things Are Not What They Seem: A Collection of Interesting Case Studies from the Medical Examiner Scene Queens

Event Dates

May 19, 2022, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Eastern

Location

Online

Event Type

Webinar

Registration Status

Not Required

Series

Unseen Threats: A Webinar Series from the AAFS Opioids and Emerging Drugs Ad-Hoc Committee

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

Journal

Journal of Analytical Toxicology

Date Published

April 2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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

Journal

Analytical Chemistry

Date Published

2021

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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

Journal

Analyst

Date Published

2020

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)