ArticleForensic science international2019
What's in the bag? Analysis of exterior drug packaging by TD-DART-MS to predict the contents.
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- Permeably enclosed raw matrices direct analysis in real time mass spectrometry (PERM-DART-MS): a novel solution for the analysis of untreated samples.Analytical and bioanalytical chemistry · 2026Article
- Applications of DESI and DART Mass Spectrometry in Forensic Science.Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry · 2025Review
- Rapid screening of riot control agents using DART-TD-HRMS.Forensic toxicology · 2024Article
- Trace residue identification, characterization, and longitudinal monitoring of the novel synthetic opioid β-U10, from discarded drug paraphernalia.Drug testing and analysis · 2022Article
- Clinical Chemistry for Developing Countries: Mass Spectrometry.Annual review of analytical chemistry (Palo Alto, Calif.) · 2021Review
- Creation and Release of an Updated NIST DART-MS Forensics Database.Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry · 2021Article
- Forensic applications of DART-MS: A review of recent literature.Forensic chemistry (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2021Article
- Analysis of benzodiazepines by thermal desorption direct analysis in real time mass spectrometry (TD-DART-MS).Analytical methods : advancing methods and applications · 2020Article
- An Easy to Implement Approach for Laboratories to Visualize Particle Spread During the Handling and Analysis of Drug Evidence.Forensic chemistry (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2020Article
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Abstract
The need for a safe and reliable presumptive test for law enforcement, first responders, and laboratory personnel is critical in the era of dangerous synthetic opioids and other novel psychoactive substances. Obtaining drug identification information without handling bulk powder is one way of accomplishing this task. This work evaluates whether trace residue on the exterior of drug packaging presents a potential source for presumptive testing. Utilizing a wipe-based approach, the outside of the packaging of nearly 200 case exhibits were sampled and analyzed by thermal desorption direct analysis in real time mass spectrometry (TD-DART-MS). While residue on the law enforcement (outer) packaging was a poor indicator of the contents (less than 50% accurate), the exterior of the drug (inner) packaging was shown to be an excellent indicator of its contents (92% accurate). Quantitative analysis of the wipes, using liquid chromatography mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) showed that typical masses of residue on the exterior of packaging ranged from single to tens of micrograms - enough for detection by a number of trace detection tools. These initial results demonstrate that wipe-based trace sampling approaches present a promising, reliable, and safe method for presumptive testing by law enforcement, first responders, or laboratory personnel.
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