The illicit drug cutting represents a complex problem that requires the sharing of knowledge
from addiction studies, toxicology, criminology and criminalistics. Therefore, cutting is not …

Opioids were the most common drug class resulting in overdose deaths in the United States
in 2019. Widespread clinical use of prescription opioids for moderate to severe pain …

The identification of fentanyl, a main culprit in opioid overdose deaths, has become critical.
Whereas Raman spectroscopy is an effective tool for detecting illicit drugs, the weak …

Forensic Chemistry, Third Edition, the new edition of this ground-breaking book, continues to
serve as the leading forensic chemistry text on the market. Fully updated, this edition …

Darknet markets, also known as cryptomarkets, are websites located on the Darknet and
designed to allow the trafficking of illicit products, mainly drugs. This study aims at …

The following report summarizes a study performed on seized drug exhibits collected in two
US states to evaluate the presence and identification of cutting agents. Aliquots of seized …

The increasing prevalence of fentanyl and its analogues as contaminating materials in illicit
drug products presents a major hazard to first responder and law enforcement communities …

Tobias et al.(Am J Epidemiol. 2022; 191 (2): 241–247) present a novel analysis of time
trends in fentanyl concentrations in the unregulated drug supply in British Columbia …

Cocaine is a naturally occurring and illicitly used psychostimulant drug. Cocaine acts at
monoaminergic neurotransmitter transporters to block uptake of the monoamines …

Inspired by Locard's exchange principle, which states “every contact leaves a trace”, a trace
residue sampling strategy has been developed for the analysis of discarded drug packaging …