Detection of “bath salts” and other novel psychoactive substances in hair samples of ecstasy/MDMA/“Molly” users

JJ Palamar, A Salomone, M Vincenti… - Drug and alcohol …, 2016 - Elsevier
Background Ecstasy (MDMA) in the US is commonly adulterated with other drugs, but
research has not focused on purity of ecstasy since the phenomenon of “Molly”(ecstasy …

Hair testing to assess both known and unknown use of drugs amongst ecstasy users in the electronic dance music scene

JJ Palamar, A Salomone, E Gerace, D Di Corcia… - International Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Background Data on both known and unknown drug use in the electronic dance music
(EDM) scene is important to inform prevention and harm reduction. While surveys are the …

Determination of cathinones and other stimulant, psychedelic, and dissociative designer drugs in real hair samples

A Salomone, G Gazzilli, D Di Corcia, E Gerace… - Analytical and …, 2016 - Springer
The detection of new psychoactive substances (NPS) in hair proved to provide insight into
their current diffusion among the population and the social characteristics of these synthetic …

Hair testing for drugs of abuse and new psychoactive substances in a high-risk population

A Salomone, JJ Palamar, E Gerace… - Journal of Analytical …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Hundreds of new psychoactive substances (NPS) have emerged in the drug market over the
last decade. Few drug surveys in the USA, however, ask about use of NPS, so prevalence …

Application of a urine and hair validated LC–MS-MS method to determine the effect of hair color on the incorporation of 25B-NBOMe, 25C-NBOMe and 25I-NBOMe …

LA Nisbet, R Venson, FM Wylie… - Journal of analytical …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
NBOMes are a group of new psychoactive substances derived from phenethylamines.
Recreational abuse is thought to have begun in 2010 and they are commonly associated …

Detection of new psychoactive substances

A Salomone - Hair Analysis in Clinical and Forensic Toxicology, 2015 - Elsevier
For many decades there have been few additions to the spectrum of drugs abused.
However, in recent years, there has been a huge upsurge in new psychoactive substances …

Target Analysis of NPS in Alternative Matrix Hair

KS Scott, SR VanLysebettens - Methods for Novel Psychoactive Substance …, 2022 - Springer
An overview of the detection of novel psychoactive substances (NPS) and their detection in
hair is provided. The overview focuses on the major NPS groups, namely opioids …