Rationale Current prevalence estimates of synthetic cathinone (“bath salt”) use may be
underestimates given that traditional metrics (eg, surveys, urinalysis) often fail to capture the …

Abstract Introduction and Aims Hundreds of new psychoactive substances (NPS) have burst
into the marketplace, making both the scientific community and people who use drugs …

The increasing phenomenon of drug addiction and the introduction of New Psychoactive
Substances (NPS) have led to a progressive growth of research in the field of forensic …

Benzofurans, also known by users as benzo fury or benzofury, are synthetic
phenethylamines and constitute the third most prominent group of new psychoactive …

Background Drug use is prevalent among electronic dance music (EDM) party attendees,
but research is needed to determine the extent of adverse drug-related outcomes in this …

Novel synthetic opioids include various analogs of fentanyl and emerging non-fentanyl
compounds with different chemical structures, such as AH-7921, MT-45 and U-47700. In …

Background “Drug checking” has become a common harm reduction method used to test
illicit substances, such as ecstasy, for purity and/or the presence of adulterants. Formal drug …

A multi-analyte method for detection and quantification of 16 synthetic cathinones (known
also as “bath salts”) in human hair has been developed and fully validated using liquid …

Background: Deaths from fentanyl exposure continue to increase in the US. Fentanyl test
strips are now available to test urine for presence of fentanyl, but additional testing methods …

Most routine practices for drugs‐of‐abuse testing do not include screening procedures for
new psychoactive substances, despite their increasing diffusion, preventing clear …