An analysis of the cultivation, consumption and composition of home-grown cannabis following decriminalisation in the Australian Capital Territory

C Zhou, I Lavender, R Gordon, D McCartney… - Scientific Reports, 2025 - nature.com
Abstract The Australian Capital Territory (ACT), a region that includes Australia's capital,
Canberra, decriminalised small-scale cannabis cultivation and possession in January 2020 …

Adulteration and substitution of drugs purchased in Australia from cryptomarkets: An analysis of Test4Pay

MJ Barratt, M Ball, GTW Wong… - Drug and Alcohol …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction Prohibited drugs in unregulated markets may be adulterated, resulting in
increased risks for people who use drugs. This study investigated levels of drug adulteration …

[HTML][HTML] Application of design of experiment for quantification of 71 new psychoactive substances in influent wastewater

D Nadarajan, J O'Brien, S Cresswell, B Kele… - Analytica Chimica …, 2024 - Elsevier
Background New psychoactive substances (NPS) are of public health concern due to their
sporadic proliferation and the dearth of information on toxicity when consumed. In addition to …

Evaluation of ATR–FTIR, HPLC–DAD, GC–MS, and GC–IR for the Analysis of 145 Street Drug Samples From Drug Checking Services

MC Monti, M Bauer, K Koch, E Scheurer… - Drug Testing and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Drug checking services (DCS) are entities that allow recreational drug users to have street
drug samples analyzed. Diverse analytical methods are applied for DCS, ranging from test …

[HTML][HTML] Detection of N-desethyl etonitazene in a drug checking sample: Chemical analysis and pharmacological characterization of a recent member of the 2 …

MC Monti, LM De Vrieze, MM Vandeputte… - … of Pharmaceutical and …, 2024 - Elsevier
The emergence of 2-benzylbenzimidazole “nitazene” opioids is stirring up the recreational
synthetic opioid market. Many nitazene analogues act as potent agonists at the µ‑opioid …

[HTML][HTML] The Search for the Optimal Methodology for Predicting Fluorinated Cathinone Drugs NMR Chemical Shifts

N Makieieva, T Kupka, O Rahmonov - Molecules, 2024 - mdpi.com
Cathinone and its synthetic derivatives belong to organic compounds with narcotic
properties. Their structural diversity and massive illegal use create the need to develop new …

Identification of the novel synthetic opioid N-pyrrolidino isotonitazene at an Australian drug checking service.

B Curtis, D Lawes, D Caldicott, MD McLeod - 2024 - chemrxiv.org
2-Benzylbenzimidazole opioids and related derivatives, also known as 'nitazenes', present a
growing threat to public health. Emerging in Europe in 2019, the nitazene group of drugs is a …