Forensic Chemistry
March 25, 2025
Pragna Gaur, Liam Engel, Damian Robert Hall et al.
1 citation
Commencements of clinical trials of psychedelic therapies for intractable forms of mental illnesses have drawn increased public attention to plants containing psychedelic substances. Whilst the psychoactive alkaloid mescaline has limited clinical trials, the San Pedro ( Trichocereus spp.) cacti from which it is found have a long history of Indigenous medical and spiritual use. Traditional use...
Forensic Chemistry
April 8, 2022
Cátia Esteves, Elena M. M. de Redrojo, José Luis Manjón et al.
19 citations
Magic mushrooms are naturally occurring fungi that are considered hallucinogenic drugs because they contain psilocybin and psilocin. These substances are controlled in almost every country in the world, so the use, possession, cultivation, and sale of magic mushrooms are prohibited in whole or in part. Despite this, the abuse of magic mushrooms continues and can put at risk the life of the...
Forensic Chemistry
November 23, 2021
Robin van Echelpoel, Ruben F. Kranenburg, Arian van Asten et al.
24 citations
Forensic drug laboratories are confronted with increasing amounts of drugs and a demand for faster results that are directly available on-site. In addition, the drug market is getting more complex with hundreds of new psychoactive substances (NPS) entering the market in recent years. Rapid and on-scene presumptive drug testing therefore faces a shift from manual colorimetric tests towards...
Forensic Chemistry
September 20, 2021
Pascal Kintz, J. Raul, Alice Ameline
4 citations
Abstract Although it has been published during the last 15 years that hallucinogens derived from new psychoactive substances are increasingly abused, the old psychedelic agents are still used. Among these vegetal compounds, magic mushrooms are frequently mentioned. The major ingredient of the Psilocybe species is psilocybin, which is rapidly converted into psilocin in the human body. Therefore,...
Forensic Chemistry
June 1, 2019
J. T. Davidson, Glen P. Jackson
Abstract Synthetic phenethylamine derivatives known as 2,5-dimethoxy-N-(N-methoxybenzyl)phenethylamines (NBOMes) are a common class of novel psychoactive substances (NPS) that are causing many accidental deaths across the United States. Many derivatives are now banned at the federal and state levels, but such control requires reliable identification of the different positional isomers. This...