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Environmental Health Perspectives & the Journal of Health and Pollution — both funded by the NIH — pause publication after receiving letters from U.S. Department of Justice. My latest for C&EN (Chemical & Engineering News): cen.acs.org/policy/publish… Society of Toxicology, Dan Gorelick, Johns Hopkins Medicine

Declining trend in n° of overdose deaths in the US continues. Still extremely high, at over 80,000 anticipated drug overdose-linked fatalities in 2024. 👇

The EU can only maintain its moral authority if it is willing to take its own values seriously - even when it is uncomfortable. Holding Israel accountable for ongoing human rights violations is not an ideological stance, but a moral and legal necessity. 👉 vlir.be/nieuws/waarden…

🚀 Join our press conference as we launch the 30th edition of the European Drug Report! ⏲️ Time: 5 June, 10:00 WEST (Lisbon) | 11:00 CEST (Brussels) 🔗 euda.europa.eu/event/2025/06/… 🤗 We hope you can join us! 🔔 #EDR30 #EuropeanDrugReport2025 #ActingToday #AnticipatingTomorrow

Accepted in #AnalyticaChimicaActa: "LC-MS/MS-based determination of 25-hydroxyvitamin D in dried blood spots: crucial importance of combining a robust extraction with knowledge of the hematocrit" by Liesl. A challenging but successful endeavor. sciencedirect.com/science/articl… 🙌 👏

#Butonitazepyne 👇. No activity data available (yet). Educated 'balllpark' guess: slightly less active at MOR than butonitazene. (Figure from the 'navigating nitazenes' review by Marthe Vandeputte - sciencedirect.com/science/articl…)

Exciting new international collab on new synthetic cannabinoid production from tail-less precursors with findings from a clandestine lab, seizures, and CB1 activity! Chiron by ZeptoMetrix Leverhulme Research Centre for Forensic Science NPS Discovery @ CFSRE Christophe Stove Craig Mckenzie Alex J Krotulski, PhD Victoria Marland doi.org/10.1007/s00204…

🌊 Making a Splash: Nitazenes & Orphines, The Latest Wave of Opioid NPS Watch this insightful webinar as Danielle St. Germaine, Synthetic Organic Chemist at Cayman’s Forensic Chemistry Department, breaks down the emerging threats of Opioid NPS. #Webinar #Forensic #Opioids #NPS

🔎How has Afghanistan’s drug trade evolved under the Taliban’s current drug ban? 📡Our analysis explores the shifting dynamics of #heroin and #methamphetamine production using satellite imagery, economic data and field indicators. 📘Read the full report: euda.europa.eu/publications/t…

We are now on the final approach to the 2025 #TIAFT Travel Grant deadline. Please return to tiaft.org/dcf-grant-awar… and ensure your applications are in the "submitted" position. Thank you for your attention and we wish you all the best with your onward submissions.

We are thrilled to announce the 20th TIAFT Latin American Regional Meeting in Campinas, Brazil between 3rd-5th September 2025! Abstract submission is open until 6th July 2025. Visit …mposiotoxforense2025.softaliza.com.br for info. We hope to see many of you in our #TIAFT2028 host nation!

#TIAFT Achievement Award winner & Board Member, Assoc. Prof. Jennifer Schumann, has prepared a new online lecture for TIAFT members. In it she discusses forensic epidemiology and how this bridges public health & law. Find the link in the Members' Area at TIAFT.org

Brorphine analogues are emerging in North America and Europe. These NPS synthetic opioids pose serious risks. What are they and what does this mean for public health, forensic labs & overdose response? 📢 Read more: bit.ly/3FBRDZm

✴️ Updated Scope Recommendations for NPS Testing in the U.S. — Q2 2025 Keep an eye out for these #NPS. 👀 Movement among the Tier 3 analytes as new substances continue to appear in the U.S. and around the world. ⬇️ 🔗: cfsre.org/nps-discovery/…

🚨 N-pyrrolidino isotonitazene ('isotonitazepyne') containing pills circulating in London. ☠️ More potent than fentanyl! Stay away from these 'Russian roulette' pills ☠️. Scheme below from our 'navigating nitazenes' review @ sciencedirect.com/science/articl….

❓Is Europe ready for today’s fast-changing drug threats? 📘 The European Drug Report 2025 pinpoints areas for action. Read our news release: euda.europa.eu/news/2025/rapi… #EDR30 #EuropeanDrugReport2025 #ActingToday #AnticipatingTomorrow

As always, a wealth of information in the European Drug Report. Undoubtedly we'll see the Figure below in many scientific presentations this year. Depicted: n° of new psychoactive substances reported for the first time to the EU Early Warning System, by category, 2005-2024.

Final published version of "LC-MS/MS-based determination of 25-hydroxyvitamin D in dried blood spots: crucial importance of combining a robust extraction with knowledge of the hematocrit", by Liesl Heughebaert, is now available! 📃 50 days free access via authors.elsevier.com/a/1lE92lYftMvY

📷 LAST CHANCE! Early bird registration for #IATDMCT2025 closes THIS FRIDAY, 20 June! iatdmct2025.org #TherapeuticDrugMonitoring #ClinicalToxicology #Singapore

🚨 Four potent synthetic opioids are now under international control: 1. N-pyrrolidino protonitazene 2. N-pyrrolidino metonitazene 3. Etonitazepipne 4. N-desethyl isotonitazene Controls took effect 9 June. HHC & carisoprodol follow in Dec. Read more here: bit.ly/4e25Ifk