This review paper covers the forensic-relevant literature in controlled substances from 2016
to 2019 as a part of the 19th Interpol International Forensic Science Managers Symposium …

Novel waterborne pressure-sensitive adhesives (PSAs) with biobased contents up to 71%
and UV-light-tunable features have been developed using piperonyl methacrylate (PIPEMA) …

Music festivals and other recreational events are common settings for illicit drug use with the
intention of socialising, relaxing and creating a memorable experience. The use of …

The illicit drug market of novel psychoactive substances (NPSs) is expanding, becoming an
alarming threat due to increasing intoxication cases and insufficient (if any) knowledge of …

Novel psychoactive substances (NPS) are synthetic substances belonging to diverse
groups, designed to mimic the effects of scheduled drugs, resulting in altered toxicity and …

MDMA is increasingly used in clinical research, but no cGMP process has yet been reported.
We describe here the first fully validated cGMP synthesis of up to 5 kg (≈ 30 000 patient …

Objective (s): Ecstasy is a popular recreational psychostimulant with side effects on the
central nervous system. This study examined the corpus striatum tissue of adult rats that …

Background The proliferation of novel psychoactive substances (NPS) in the drug market
raises concerns about uncertainty on their pharmacological profile and the health hazard …

The consumption of psychoactive substances is a worldwide problem and the sheer number
of their seizures is alarming. These substances also include the synthetic drug 3, 4 …

This work examines organic impurity profiles of 3, 4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine
(MDMA) that has been synthesised from the “pre-precursors” catechol (1, 2 …