Portable testing techniques for the analysis of drug materials

M Alonzo, R Alder, L Clancy… - … Reviews: Forensic Science, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The analysis of drug material in the field is an important function of law enforcement
agencies, forensic drug laboratories, and drug checking services. Portable testing …

based microfluidic devices: On-site tools for crime scene investigation

G Musile, Y Agard, L Wang, EF De Palo… - TrAC Trends in …, 2021 - Elsevier
The use of paper-based microfluidics devices (μPADs) for designing rapid, easy, and on-site
devices has undergone a dramatic increase in the last few years and the development of …

Reciprocal innovation: a new approach to equitable and mutually beneficial global health partnerships

TG Sors, RC O'Brien, ML Scanlon, LY Bermel… - Global public …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Global health researchers often discount mutual learning and benefit to address shared
health challenges across high and low-and middle-income settings. Drawing from a 30-year …

Validated method for the analysis of 22 illicit drugs and their metabolites via liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) in illicit drug samples …

HD Whitehead, KL Hayes, JA Swartz, E Prete… - Forensic Chemistry, 2023 - Elsevier
Drug checking services are being utilized worldwide to provide people who use drugs
information on the composition and contents of their drugs as a tool for harm reduction and …

Derivatization of amphetamine to allow its electrochemical detection in illicit drug seizures

M Parrilla, NF Montiel, F Van Durme… - Sensors and Actuators B …, 2021 - Elsevier
Amphetamine (AMP) is posing critical issues in our society being one of the most
encountered drugs-of-abuse in the current illicit market. The continuous drug production in …

Investigating the electrochemical profile of methamphetamine to enable fast on-site detection in forensic analysis

AM Dragan, M Parrilla, N Sleegers, A Slosse… - Talanta, 2023 - Elsevier
Methamphetamine (MA) is a synthetic psychoactive drug which is consumed both licitly and
illicitly. In some countries it is prescribed for attention-deficit and hyperactivity disorder, and …

Current attitudes toward drug checking services and a comparison of expected with actual drugs present in street drug samples collected from opioid users

JA Swartz, M Lieberman, AD Jimenez… - Harm Reduction …, 2023 - Springer
Background The opioid epidemic continues to be associated with high numbers of fatalities
in the USA and other countries, driven mainly by the inclusion of potent synthetic opioids in …

A distributed model to expand the reach of drug checking

B Wallace, L Gozdzialski, A Qbaich… - Drugs, Habits and …, 2022 - emerald.com
Purpose While there is increasing interest in implementing drug checking within overdose
prevention, we must also consider how to scale-up these responses so that they have …

Reversing the trend: a scoping review of health innovation transfer or exchange from low-and middle-income countries to high-income countries

MCS Ishimwe, J Kiplagat, AK Knowlton, AA Livinski… - BMJ Global …, 2023 - gh.bmj.com
The transfer of innovations from low and middle-income countries (LMICs) to high-income
countries (HICs) has received little attention, leaving gaps in the understanding of the …

On the application of microfluidic-based technologies in forensics: a review

H Bazyar - Sensors, 2023 - mdpi.com
Microfluidic technology is a powerful tool to enable the rapid, accurate, and on-site analysis
of forensically relevant evidence on a crime scene. This review paper provides a summary …