Reminder – Tomorrow, Wed, Jan 31, 2024, at 2:00PM ET watch “A Year in Review: How NPS Complicate a Polydrug Epidemic.” Register for the live, free webinar here: bit.ly/FBU2401 #NMSLabs #ForensicToxicology #PostmortemToxicology #WomenInSTEM #NovelPsychoactiveSubstances

@unodc #EarlyWarning: #Nitazenes – a new group of #SyntheticOpioids emerges. unodc.org/LSS/Announceme… |UNODC Forensic Services @UN_OPIOIDS #SyntheticDrugs

✴️ Updated Scope Recommendations for NPS Testing in the U.S. — Q1 2024 Keep an eye out for these #NPS. 👀 New opioids are moving up and some “old” synthetic cannabinoids are back on the list. ⬇️ 🔗: cfsre.org/nps-discovery/…

💥Exciting 🆕 report from our clinical collaborations! DOTS Reporting Program - Quarterly Reports for Q4 2023 from American College of Medical Toxicology and NPS Discovery @ CFSRE ‼️ 🚨This study includes 1️⃣7️⃣ EDs from states across the west, central, and east regions of the U.S. ⬇️ 🔗: cfsre.org/nps-discovery/…

Amanda D’Orazio will present “Recommendations for Toxicological Investigation of Drug-Impaired Driving and Motor Vehicle Fatalities” on 03/28/24, 2:30PM Eastern. Register here: bit.ly/3wLq6zZ #NMSLabs #ForensicToxicology #PostmortemToxicology #DUID #DUI #ImpairedDriving

Click bit.ly/3JmOF9z to register for "Drug Facilitated Crime: More Than Routine Forensic Toxicology," a free postmortem toxicology webinar at 2 PM Eastern on 4/24/24 about DFC, investigations, biological specimen(s) evidence, and toxicological analytical considerations.

Toxic Adulterant Alert from the @cfsre_: para-Fluorofentanyl Adulterating the Illicit Drug Supply ► loom.ly/hJmbkfo

✴️ Updated Scope Recommendations for NPS Testing in the U.S. — Q2 2024 Keep an eye out for these #NPS. 👀 Most notable shuffling among the NPS #opioids and NPS #stimulants #hallucinogens. ⬇️ 🔗: cfsre.org/nps-discovery/…

Click okt.to/Wxqtne to register for “A Fool’s View of Postmortem Toxicology: How to Ensure You Make the Headlines”, a free webinar at 2 PM Eastern on 6/26/24 about testing and interpretation of postmortem forensic toxicology in the face of modern pressures.

I’m excited to announce my first first-author paper 🎉 - 📖 in Arch. Toxicol. “In vitro structure-activity relationships and forensic case series of emerging 2-benzylbenzimidazole ‘nitazene’ opioids” Result from a ⭐️ collab with CFSRE NMS Labs 📩 link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Now #openaccess in ArchToxicol: ⚠️ Important paper by Liam DeVrieze (his first 1st author paper 👏), et al., on emerging #nitazenes: 👉 pharmacology data (βarr2 & cAMP) 👉 85 (!) forensic cases (64 🇺🇸, 10 🇨🇦, 11 🇬🇧). 🤝 Yet another 💪 collaboration with CFSRE NPS Discovery @ CFSRE. 👇

Click okt.to/v1f5Wq to register for "The Devil is in the Details: How Pre-Analytical Factors Affect Post-Analytical Interpretation", a free postmortem forensic toxicology webinar at 1 PM Eastern on 7/31/24

🚨 Don’t miss our Quarterly Webinar Series this Thursday at 11 am ET 🚨 New information and details on medetomidine will be discussed. 👩‍🔬👨‍🔬👨‍🔬

🔔 New Publication Alert 🔔 “MDMB-4en-PINACA–Related Deaths in Cook County Jail, Awareness and Preventive Measures” now available in American Journal of Forensic Medicine & Pathology. This comes from great collaborative work between Cook County ME, NMS Labs, and CFSRE. ⬇️⬇️⬇️ 🔗: journals.lww.com/amjforensicmed…

🔔 New Publication Alert 🔔 “Notes from the Field:Detection of Medetomidine Among Patients Evaluated in Emergency Departments for Suspected Opioid Overdoses — Missouri, Colorado, and Pennsylvania, September 2020–December 2023” now available in MMWR cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/7…

Click okt.to/RU2Fiy to register for "Beyond Alcohol: Driving Under the Influence (DUI) Investigations Involving Designer Drugs" All who attend the webinar will receive a certificate and all who register will get a link to the recording once it is available. #DUID

📣 Registration is open for our NPS Discovery: 2024 Novel Synthetic Drugs Threat Symposium ‼️ 🗓️ November 11 to 13, 2024 📍 Philadelphia, PA, USA 👤 In-person and online 📰 Download Flyer: cfsre.org/images/NPS_Sym… 🎟️ Visit Registration Page: cfsre.org/education/cont…

🔔 New Publication Alert 🔔 ➡️ “#Medetomidine Infiltrates the #US Illicit #Opioid Market” now available in JAMA Network ‼️ 👨‍💻 Alex J Krotulski, PhD Joseph Palamar CFSRE NPS Discovery @ CFSRE NDEWS 🔗 jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/…

🚨 New #Synthetic #Stimulant Identified 🚨 N-Isopropyl Butylone is the newest #cathinone to appear in the #United #States drug supply among samples collected in #PA, #FL, and elsewhere. Could this be the replacement to #dimethylpentlyone? More ⬇️ ⬇️ 📄: cfsre.org/nps-discovery/…

💥 The thrilling speaker lineup is set for our NPS Discovery: 2024 Novel Synthetic Drugs Threat Symposium ‼️ 🗓️ November 11-13, 2024 📍 Philadelphia, PA, USA 👤 In-person and online 📰 Download Flyer: cfsre.org/images/NPS_Sym… 🎟️ Visit Registration Page: cfsre.org/education/cont…