A snapshot on NPS in Italy: Distribution of drugs in seized materials analysed in an Italian forensic laboratory in the period 2013-2015

Forensic Science International

Volumn 265, Issue , 2016, Pages 116-120

  Odoardi, Sara ^a   Romolo, Francesco Saverio ^b,c   Strano Rossi, Sabina ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Forensic toxicology; GC MS; Health hazard; HRMS; NPS; Seized material

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 1 (4 BROMO 2,5 DIMETHOXYPHENYL)ETHAN 1 ONE; 2 FLUOROMETHCATHINONE; 3 CHLOROMETHCATHINONE; 3 FLUOROMETHCATHINONE; 3 METHYLMETHCATHINONE; 3,4 DIMETHYLMETHCATHINONE; 4 FLUOROMETHCATHINONE; 4 METHYL ALPHA PYRROLIDINOPROPIOPHENONE; 4 METHYLETHCATHINONE; ALPHA PYRROLIDINOHEXIOPHENONE; ALPHA PYRROLIDINOPENTIOTHIOPHENONE; ALPHA PYRROLIDINOVALEROPHENONE; BUTHYLONE; CAFFEINE; CANNABINOID DERIVATIVE; CATHINONE; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; ETHYLONE; ETHYLPHENIDATE; FLEPHEDRONE; METHEDRONE; METHYLENEDIOXYPYROVALERONE; METHYLONE; N METHYL 2 AMINOINDANE; N,N DIALLYL 5 METHOXYTRYPTAMINE; PENTEDRONE; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; PYRROLIDINOPHENONE DERIVATIVE; SILDENAFIL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ARTICLE; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG GRANULE; DRUG MARKETING; DRUG MIXTURE; DRUG TRAFFIC; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; INTERNET; ITALY; POLICE; POWDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; TABLET; CRIME; DRUG DEPENDENCE; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; HUMAN; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

CRIME; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; ITALY; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 84957831149     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: 18726283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2016.01.037     Document Type: Article

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