Postmortem toxicology is a critical interdisciplinary field that addresses the quantification and interpretation of drug concentrations after death. It encompasses a wide range of analytical ...

Forensic toxicology has evolved into an indispensable discipline for the detection and quantification of drugs, poisons, and their metabolites in biological matrices. Central to this evolution is the ...

In this interview, News-Medical Life Sciences talks to Michelle Peace on her Pittcon presentation in the session, "Innovations in Forensic Examination of Seized Drugs and Forensic Toxicology". Her ...

The study demonstrates the accuracy and utility of Omega Laboratories’ analytical method for detecting cannabinoids in breath samples collected using Cannabix Technologies’ Breath Collection Unit and ...

Standards setting is an important process for improving forensic science. Guidelines, minimum practice and best standards all have their place in forensic toxicology. This lecture will focus on ...

Drug development is perhaps the most complicated of all human endeavors. After exhaustive research to discover a drug candidate for a target ailment, pharmaceutical scientists must confirm the ...

Deputy coroners who respond to death scenes learn to spot the signs of an opioid overdose, but their trained assessment isn't enough to certify a cause of death. There needs to be proof. Proving the ...

Jefferson County, Alabama reported nearly 500 overdose deaths in 2023. More than 400 of these were due to opioids, a class of prescription medication used for their pain relief properties. Opioids ...

In the fifth episode of Tox Chat Box, SCIEX’s forensic toxicology vodcast, host Pierre Negri sat down with Dr Tina Binz, head of the Center for Forensic Hair Analytics at the Zurich Institute for ...

According to an article published by WebMD in 2012, there are different types of toxicology tests. For this article, we are talking about forensic toxicology testing, or toxicology tests that are ...

Mass spectrometer instruments (top image) can help detect known, illicit drugs in human urine. For new psychoactive substances, a computer-predicted database provides theoretical mass spectra (bottom ...

MERIDIAN, Idaho — The Idaho State Police Forensic Services (ISPFS) released its annual Toxicology Report for 2025 on Wednesday. The report shows that ISP handled the highest number of drug cases in ...