Kevin Shanks presented on Fluorofentanyl at the Society of Forensic Toxicologists (SOFT) annual meeting in Cleveland, OH. The title of the talk is below and the abstract is available upon request. Fluorofentanyl Detection by LC-QToFMS & Prevalence in Postmortem...
In October, toxicologist Stuart Kurtz presented a poster at the annual National Association of Medical Examiners (NAME) meeting in Dallas, TX. The abstract is below. A Case Report Involving the Detection of Five New Psychoactive Substances in Postmortem Analysis. ...
Dr. George Behonick presented the following poster at the annual NAME meeting in Dallas, TX. This is the first of several articles to share recent presentations by our toxicologists. Postmortem Redistribution of Fentanyl as Evidenced by Central and Peripheral Blood...
By Kevin Shanks, D-ABFT-FT Over the last several years, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has moved to ban various newly emerged illicit opioids as Schedule I controlled substances. From 2015-2017, they controlled 19 fentanyl analogs and other opioids. In...
By Kevin Shanks, D-ABFT-FT Mitragyna speciosa is a tree or shrub that grows in southeast Asia, particularly Thailand and Malaysia. The plant is locally known as kratom or biak-biak. It exists in the Rubiaceae family of plants, which includes the genera Coffea or...
