A5092206936- Forensic Toxicology and Drug Analysis
- Psychedelics and Drug Studies
- Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research
- Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
- Analytical chemistry methods development
- Pesticide Residue Analysis and Safety
- Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes
- Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies
- Analytical Methods in Pharmaceuticals
- Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications
University of Dundee
2023-2024
Leverhulme Trust
2023
Drug use within prisons is increasingly complex and unpredictable. Benzodiazepines are currently one of the most common drugs detected in individuals leaving Scottish prisons; however, understanding illicit benzodiazepine assessing potential harm to challenging due lack available analytical data on substances circulating. Increasingly, materials, such as paper clothing, infused with novel benzodiazepines have been identified a smuggling route into prisons. Methods were developed for...
Ion mobility spectrometry is used for the rapid detection of drugs at points security but are unable to differentiate some leading instrument alarming a drug not present in sample. This can be particularly problematic samples that alarm fentanyl. In this study, fentanyl immunoassay strips were evaluated use as secondary test fentanyl, including testing alternative matrices, such powders, e-liquids, and infused papers textiles.The limit was examined along with their selectivity 18 analogsand...
Drug use is prevalent in prisons with drugs associated depressant effects found to be more than stimulants. Synthetic cathinones (SCats; often sold as "bath salts", "ecstasy", "molly", and "monkey dust") are the second largest category of new psychoactive substances (NPS) currently monitored by European Monitoring Centre for Drugs Addiction (EMCDDA) commonly used substitutes regulated stimulants, such amphetamine, cocaine, MDMA. N,N-dimethylpentylone (also known dimethylpentylone,...
ABSTRACT After the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) introduced mail photocopying procedures in December 2021, a shift smuggling methods was observed for synthetic cannabinoid receptor agonists (SCRAs) and other new psychoactive substances (NPS) from drug‐infused papers back to traditional sample matrices (e.g., tablets powders), although also emerged. This study reports on waxy‐ or putty‐like materials as novel drug preparation SCRAs drugs seized UK prisons. In 2023, 22 of these preparations...