Join NIJ’s Dr. Jonathan McGrath who will be participating a
webinar hosted by the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and
Medicine’s Chemical Sciences Roundtable. The webinar will explore analytical
and data challenges in the detection of novel synthetic opioids. This webinar
will include time for discussion with the virtual audience after the
presentations.
Novel synthetic opioids (NSOs) can be substantially more
potent than market opioids and as such have been linked to an increase in
overdose deaths. They are also often difficult to detect with available field
tests, putting others at risk for unintended exposure. NSOs include both
fentanyl and non-fentanyl analogues that are structurally similar to known
opioids and are often found in mixtures with other opioids and with varying
purity and potency.
Detection of many NSOs can be difficult even in clinical or
forensic laboratory settings, but in-field detection is especially challenging
because it requires rapid, targeted detection methods for compounds that might
not be included in the reference database. These compounds can have elution or
response behaviors similar to those of other known materials or can be present
below detection limits, thus making them difficult to distinguish. The variety
of NSOs and the speed at which they are being introduced into the market make
detection and characterization even more challenging.
The webinar will be held May 11, 2020 from 12:00PM - 1:30PM
ET.
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