Pennsylvania has one of the highest rates of opioid overdose in the nation, and, according to Penn State researchers, one’s chances of surviving that overdose can depend on where the person lives.
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As part of her work, Pavlik is running enzyme assays. Veeser’s thesis focuses on drug testing that can sometimes reveal trace levels of methamphetamine in individuals who are taking amphetamine as a treatment for ADHD.
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Fentanyl is overwhelmingly the most commonly detected opioid nationally, although geographical differences are present for opioids, poly-drug use and novel psychoactive substances (NPS).
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The researchers developed a new method to analyze and confirm the presence of fentanyl and a related analog called acetyl fentanyl in blood and urine at low levels that can still cause overdoses in people.
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Recent research by scientists at the University of Southern California and the National University of Singapore seeks to address at least some of today’s challenges in forensic toxicology.
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“Would it be ideal if everyone wanted to simply stop using drugs altogether? Yes, but that's not reflective of reality."
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Civil rights advocates have filed a lawsuit against the New Mexico Corrections Department seeking to ensure access for prison inmates to medication that reduces opioid withdrawal symptoms or cravings.
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In a chilling sign that producers may be moving to manufacture fentanyl on American soil, U.S. agents in southern Arizona seized up to 440 pounds of what they suspect is a precursor chemical often used to make the dangerous drug.
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A new nitazene analog that is up to 20x more potent than fentanyl has quickly made its way from Pennsylvania to Florida.
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The remaining 1,778 samples had drug levels reported by Synlab as above the prescribed limit, and these results have now been rescinded, the National Police Chiefs’ Council and the Forensic Science Regulator have concluded.
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