Seized drugs
Highlighting Significant NIJ Forensic Science Investments: The University of Tennessee, Knoxville Site Visit
Date Published
February 2024
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NIJ-Sponsored
New Forensic Methods to Accurately Determine THC in Seized Cannabis
Date Published
February 2024
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
NIJ
Fast On-site Screening of Seized Drugs by Electrochemical and Spectroscopic Tools: Identification of Fentanyl and Novel Psychoactive Substances
Date Published
December 2022
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Targeted Fentanyl Screening Utilizing Electrochemical Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (EC-SERS) Applied to Authentic Seized Drug Casework Samples
Date Published
July 2023
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Evaluation and Classification of Fentanyl Related Compounds using EC-SERS and Machine Learning
Date Published
May 2023
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Quantification of Cocaine in Ternary Mixtures Using Partial Least Squares Regression Applied to Raman and Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy
Date Published
August 2017
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Study/Research),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Program/Project Description
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NIJ-Sponsored
What's Known and Unknown about Marijuana (Part One)
January 2024
Series
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
Targeted Fentanyl Screening Utilizing Electrochemical Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (EC-SERS) Applied to Authentic Seized Drug Casework Samples
NCJ Number
308301
Journal
Forensic Chemistry
Date Published
July 2023
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Link
Evaluation and Classification of Fentanyl Related Compounds using EC-SERS and Machine Learning
NCJ Number
308300
Journal
Journal of Forensic Sciences
Date Published
May 2023
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Link
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
A Data-Informed Response to Emerging Drugs
December 2023
Series
The emerging drug crisis in the U.S. touches both criminal justice and public health, and experts from both fields came together at NIJ’s 2023 National Research Conference to discuss strategies and tools to fight this problem. Dr. Frances Scott, NIJ scientist and program manager, continues the conference discussion with two fellow panelists: Ciena Bayard, the Method Development and Validation Program Manager for D.C. Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, and Haley Greene, the Deputy Epidemiologist for the Central Region for the Virginia Department of Health. Read the transcript.
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
NCJ Number
308051
Journal
Journal of Analytical Toxicology
Date Published
2023
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Link
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
NCJ Number
308000
Journal
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
Date Published
September 2023
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Link
A four-channel paper microfluidic device with gold nanoparticles and aptamers for seized drugs
Date Published
2020
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
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