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Newest firstThe detection of drugs of abuse in biological and non-biological matrices remains a cornerstone of forensic, clinical, and public health investigations. Traditional matrices such as urine and blood provide short-term evidence of drug intake, while alternative specimens such as hair offer extended detection windows, and oral fluid provides a reliable indicator of recent drug intake comparable to blood. This review…
Open article record in new tab ↗Cannabis products (marijuana, weed, hashish) are among the most widely abused psychoactive drugs in the world, due to their euphorigenic and anxiolytic properties. Recently, hair analysis is of great interest in analytical, clinical, and forensic sciences due to its non-invasiveness, negligible risk of infection and tampering, facile storage, and a wider window of detection. Hair analysis is now widely accepted as…
Open article record in new tab ↗Background Considerable efforts are being extended to develop more effective methods to detect drugs in forensic science for applications such as preventing doping in sport. The aim of this study was to develop a sensitive and accurate method for analytes of forensic and toxicological nature in human hair at sub-pg levels. Results The hair test covers a range of different classes of drugs and metabolites of forens…
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