A two-year review of fentanyl in driving under the influence and postmortem cases in Orange County, CA, USA

V Havro, N Casassa, K Andera… - Journal of Analytical …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
In recent years, fentanyl is increasingly detected in overdose cases as well as human
performance cases due to the current opioid epidemic. The comparison of fentanyl …

The impact of fentanyl on DUIDs and traffic fatalities: Blood and oral fluid data

CE Harper, DC Mata, D Lee - Journal of forensic sciences, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Fentanyl has emerged as the most prolific drug in the ongoing opioid epidemic and has
greatly impacted traffic safety in recent years. This study aimed to evaluate fentanyl …

Quantitative Analysis of Lysergic Acid Diethylamide and Metabolite in Urine by Automated Extraction and Liquid Chromatography–Tandem Mass Spectrometry

AL Patton, J Brown, K Heine, DA Sartori… - Journal of Analytical …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Recently, lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) has become a resurgent drug of abuse. The
detection of LSD is problematic because of the low dosage taken by users, light and heat …

Automated extraction and LC–MS-MS analysis of 11-nor-9-carboxy-tetrahydrocannabinol isomers and prevalence in authentic urine specimens

LK Karas, C Patterson, ZJ Fuller… - Journal of Analytical …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Nor-9-carboxy-Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol (Δ9-THCCOOH) is the most frequently detected
illicit drug metabolite in the military drug testing program. An increasing number of …

Postmortem mitragynine distribution in a single drug fatality case

DC Mata, HH Chang - Academic forensic pathology, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
A 32-year-old Caucasian male was found unconscious at his sober-living home and
pronounced dead after transportation to the emergency room. The decedent had a …

Mitragynine in the Orange County DUID population

N Kedzierski, D Mata - Journal of Analytical Toxicology, 2023 - academic.oup.com
In recent years, mitragynine has been consistently detected in driving under the influence of
drug (DUID) cases. In this paper, we evaluate 3 years (2017–2019) worth of DUID data from …