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ArticleMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2022

From the Streets to the Judicial Evidence: Determination of Traditional Illicit Substances in Drug Seizures by a Rapid and Sensitive UHPLC-MS/MS-Based Platform.

Fabio Gosetti, Viviana Consonni, Davide Ballabio, Marco Emilio Orlandi, Angelo Amodio, Maria Valeria Picci, Marco Visentin, Veronica Termopoli

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Fabio GosettiDepartment of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, Piazza della Scienza 1, 20126 Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-5712-0562
Viviana ConsonniDepartment of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, Piazza della Scienza 1, 20126 Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-6252-9805
Davide BallabioDepartment of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, Piazza della Scienza 1, 20126 Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-5748-147X
Marco Emilio OrlandiDepartment of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, Piazza della Scienza 1, 20126 Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-3787-5834
Angelo AmodioLegione Carabinieri Lombardia, Comando Provinciale di Milano Sezione, Investigazioni Scientifiche L.A.S.S., Via V. Monti 58, 20145 Milan, Italy.
Maria Valeria PicciGabinetto Regionale di Polizia Scientifica per la Lombardia, Polizia di Stato, Via Fatebenefratelli 11, 20121 Milan, Italy.
Marco VisentinGabinetto Regionale di Polizia Scientifica per la Lombardia, Polizia di Stato, Via Fatebenefratelli 11, 20121 Milan, Italy.
Veronica TermopoliDepartment of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, Piazza della Scienza 1, 20126 Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-4086-5634

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Abstract

According to the 2021 World Drug Report, around 275 million people use drugs of abuse, and 36 million people suffer from addiction, fostering a thriving market for illicit substances. In Italy, 30,083 people were reported to the Judicial Authority for offenses in violation of the Italian Law D.P.R. 309/1990. These offences are sentenced after a qualitative-quantitative analysis of seized materials. Given the large quantity of seized drugs and the need to perform accurate analytical determinations, Italian forensic laboratories struggle to complete analyses in a short time, delaying the entire reporting process needed to achieve sentencing. For this purpose, an UHPLC-MS/MS-based platform was developed at the University of Milano-Bicocca to support law-enforcement authorities. Software was designed to easily manage street seizure acquisition, documentation registration, and sampling. A sensitive UHPLC-MS/MS method was fully validated for the quantification of the traditional illicit substances (cocaine, heroin, 6-MAM, morphine, amphetamine, methamphetamine, MDMA, ketamine, GHB, GBL, LSD, trans-∆9-THC, and THCA) at the ppb level. The final report is relayed to the Prefecture in 3-4 days, even within 24 h for urgent requests. The platform allows for semi-automatic data handling to minimize erroneous results for an accurate report generation by standardized procedures.

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Illicit DrugsMethamphetamineAmphetamineChromatography, High Pressure LiquidHumansSubstance Abuse DetectionTandem Mass SpectrometryAmphetamineIllicit DrugsMethamphetaminedrugs of abuse mass spectrometryillicit substancespsychotropic substancesstreet seizuresUHPLC-MS/MS

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PMID36615358
PMCPMC9822244

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