WE WON AN EMMY!! So grateful to our incredible team, to VICE — a troubled company that nonetheless believed in me when so many other outlets/editors didn’t — and most importantly to our sources who are the experts on the drug supply and don’t always get the respect they deserve

Associate Director Dr. Alex Krotulski attended the National Association of Medical Examiners Annual Meeting in San Jose last weekend to discuss our NPS Discovery @ CFSRE program and its toxicology test offerings. NAME

💥 Q1 & Q2 2023 Drug Checking Quarterly Report #Philadelphia #PA 🆕 Format with more insights on purity/amount of #fentanyl, #xylazine, #cocaine, #meth, & more‼️ CFSRE Philadelphia Public Health Daniel Teixeira da Silva, MD, MSHP Alex J Krotulski, PhD Jen Shinefeld Barry Logan 🔗: cfsre.org/nps-discovery/…

In our new #JeffersonResearch Portrait, we talk to Dr. Alex J Krotulski, PhD about his research on forensic toxicology, which is essential in helping doctors and medical examiners understand the role drugs play in medical conditions, crime, and death. Read more: bit.ly/3uRPenz

🎇🎆 Year in Review 2023 🎆🎇 CFSRE and NPS Discovery @ CFSRE are excited to release our annual report on the emergence and landscape of #NPS in the U.S. ⬇️⬇️⬇️ In 2023, our lab detected 79 individual NPS totaling more than 3600 identifications‼️ 📄: cfsre.org/images/trendre…

New #OpenAccess paper out in STOTEN on the detection of protonitazene in wastewater. Great collaboration! @DocDriver Alex J Krotulski, PhD NPS Discovery @ CFSRE Health at UQ #WBE #NPS sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

🚨🔔 New Publication Alert 🔔🚨 “Determination of fentanyl contamination on United States paper currency by LC-QQQ-MS” now available in Journal of Analytical Toxicology from Alex J Krotulski, PhD Barry Logan Donna Papsun and team. More details ⬇️ 🧑‍🔬💵 🔗: academic.oup.com/jat/advance-ar…

New #opensource workflow for analysis of emerging drugs in wastewater. Linked #InSpectra (thanks Jake O'Brien, Saer Samanipour, Kevin Thomas and Denice!) with #HighResNPS (thanks Daniel Pasin!) to detect #NPS and drugs of abuse from 47 sites in 16 countries. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

CFSRE Director Dr. Alex Krotulski attended the American College of Medical Toxicology (ACMT) 2024 Annual Scientific Meeting last week in Washington, DC. ACMT is a primary collaborator of our NPS Discovery @ CFSRE program. For more information: cfsre.org/nps-discovery/…

🍄New #ThePoisonLab Alert! 🎙️ Ryan Ryan Feldman PharmD DABAT tackles novel psychoactives with Dr. Alex Krotulski Alex J Krotulski, PhD of CFSRE. Bromazolam to nitazenes, discover what's hiding in drug supplies and patients. 💊 Listen👉shorturl.at/kqstG or on any podcast platform!

Can paper currency serve as a useful substrate for surveillance of drug trends? Hewes et al. (incl. Donna Papsun, Barry K Logan 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇸🏴‍☠️ & Alex J Krotulski, PhD) determined if fentanyl and other substances were present on US paper currency💵using LC–QQQ-MS. Read it all➡️bit.ly/3ylQdhI

🚨 Public Alert: Medetomidine Rapidly Proliferating Across USA — Implicated In Recreational Opioid Drug Supply & Causing Overdose Outbreaks 📣 “Recent mass overdose outbreaks in Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, & Chicago… associated with medetomidine” ‼️⬇️ 🔗: cfsre.org/nps-discovery/…

"These are very complex drug products. You’ve got #fentanyl adulterated with #xylazine that now also contains #medetomidine," Alex J Krotulski, PhD. Xylazine and medetomidine don't respond to #naloxone, the medication used to reverse most fentanyl overdoses. npr.org/2024/05/31/nx-…

The seventh #JFS #ForensicLabTalks seminar has a NEW live broadcast date! Dr. Alex J Krotulski, PhD will now be presenting on the “Analytical Characterization of Emerging Drugs,” on July 10. Learn more: aafs.org/article/jfs-an…

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. 👇

Our latest Reuters Investigates visual story explores the chemistry behind fentanyl. It’s a big topic to cover! We put in months of reporting considering every detail weaving graphics & text. 👇Here’s a glimpse of how we made it @ReutersGraphic reut.rs/3YilgWE -1/7

📣 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…

In this Viewpoint Joseph Palamar and Alex J Krotulski, PhD discuss the spread of medetomidine in the US illicit opioid market and the need for monitoring and a public health response. ja.ma/47b69AJ

💥 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…

Congratulations to Fellow, Alex J Krotulski, PhD in receiving the 2025 Outstanding Early Career Achievement in Forensic Science Award. Dr. Krotulski serves as the Director of Forensic Toxicology and Chemistry at CFSRE and the Program Manager for NPS Discovery: aafs.org/article/alex-k…