When methylone was finally banned in 2011, unregulated chemists simply tweaked the molecule to evade the ban, creating new ...

Forensic chemistry applies the principles and techniques of analytical chemistry to the investigation of legal cases. It underpins the identification and characterisation of a wide range of substances ...

Alexis Quinter, a forensic chemist at the Center for Forensic Science Research and Education in Horsham, Pennsylvania, performs an extraction process on a batch of drug samples from Trenton, New ...

Drugs, both legal and illegal, cause millions of cases of severe intoxication every year, leading to health complications and even fatalities. Often, they are also implicated in violent and sexual ...

The mission of the forensic science program is to provide our students with comprehensive graduate level educational and research experiences in the forensic sciences and to prepare them for careers ...

The Knox County Regional Forensic Center said deaths related to a new street drug continue to rise in East Tennessee and ...

With a growing forensic backlog, police say a newly unveiled laboratory will speed up investigations and reduce delays in the ...

The forensic science faculty and staff at Saint Louis University have over 100 years of combined practical forensic science experience with backgrounds in a variety of disciplines. The SLU faculty's ...

Forensic Science students at Saint Louis University are encouraged to participate in co-curricular activities that round out their education. All Forensic Science Majors at SLU have the ability to ...

A new, synthetic opioid called N-Propionitrile Chlorphine has been involved in at least 41 deaths in East Tennessee, as ...