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NIJ (National Institute of Justice) -Innovations in Forensic Examination of Seized Drugs and Forensic Toxicology
Monday, March 08, 2021: 1:30 PM - 4:25 PM
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Description
This panel will present NIJ-funded researchers applying evolving and improved techniques for the analysis, detection, and identification of emerging drugs in solid dose and toxicological samples that could potentially assist the criminal justice community in the fight against drug-related crime and violence.
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Keywords: Please select up to 4 keywords ONLY:
Clinical/Toxicology,Homeland Defense
Presentations:
- Session Number: G06-01
- Monday, March 08, 1:30 PM - 1:50 PM
Routine seized drug field testing uses color tests as presumptive identification of illegal substances. To compensate for the rapid increase of caseloads, several U.S. jurisdictions have accepted field test results at preliminary hearings. Nonetheless, the emergence of novel psychoactive substances (NPS) had to change the drug landscape and brought additional...
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- Session Number: G06-02
- Monday, March 08, 1:50 PM - 2:10 PM
The United States is currently in the midst of a drug epidemic, with overdoses and drug-related deaths increasing annually. Often, the legal consequences of drug use incentivize individuals who abuse drugs to seek “legal highs” in the form of new psychoactive substances (NPS). NPS are usually closely related but poorly...
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- Session Number: G06-03
- Monday, March 08, 2:10 PM - 2:30 PM
Opioid abuse and in particular fentanyl, a synthetic opioid, has been of concern in the last decade. The estimated economic burden from misuse of opioids was around $631 billion from 2015-2018 with the main contributor as mortality costs. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports from 1999 to 2018,...
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- Session Number: G06-04
- Monday, March 08, 2:30 PM - 2:50 PM
Since its inception in 2014, Gas Chromatography/Vacuum UV Spectroscopy (GC/VUV) has found several important applications in forensic chemistry. GC/VUV effectively combines a highly efficient separation step with the sensitivity, selectivity and specificity of spectra in the VUV region (100 - 200 nm). Given that almost all molecules absorb in this...
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- Session Number: G06-05
- Monday, March 08, 3:05 PM - 3:25 PM
The primary focus of this work is to develop a better understanding of the fragmentation behavior of emerging synthetic drugs in different types of mass spectrometers. The goals are to assist practitioners with their understanding of current casework, and to help them more-readily identify new drugs as they emerge. A...
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- Session Number: G06-06
- Monday, March 08, 3:25 PM - 3:45 PM
Use of the potent synthetic opioid fentanyl and its analogs (fentanyls) is on the rise in the US, driving an epidemic of overdose-related deaths. As availability of illicitly manufactured fentanyl increases in the United States, more locations can be contaminated through the synthesis, mixing, and preparation for use. Methods for...
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- Session Number: G06-07
- Monday, March 08, 3:45 PM - 4:05 PM
This presentation will describe an approach developed to use keysentinel pieces of information from forensic seized drug and toxicology casework to rapidly identify emerging NPS compounds. Samples from death investigation cases from forty-six states were submitted to NMS Labs for analysis for therapeutic drugs, legacy drugs of abuse and emerging...
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- Session Number: G06-08
- Monday, March 08, 4:05 PM - 4:25 PM
Nationally, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that during 2016 nearly 64,000 people died from drug overdoses. Also, from July 2017 to September 2017, the CDC reports increases in opioid overdoses of 30% in 45 states and 70% in the Midwest alone. Therefore, there is an unmet...
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