NIST Partnership Helps Communities Manage Unknown Dangers in Common Street Drugs
When you buy a medication at a pharmacy, you know what’s in it. When someone buys street drugs, they have no idea what they’re really getting.
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When you buy a medication at a pharmacy, you know what’s in it. When someone buys street drugs, they have no idea what they’re really getting.
NIST study shows alarming changes in the illegal drug supply.
A federal lab is turning up an animal tranquilizer, among other additives, as part of a pilot program that aims to show what's in street drugs.
Credit: E. Sisco/NIST Ed Sisco has been a research chemist within the Surface and Trace Chemical Analysis Group at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) since 2014. His research has focused on chemical identification systems for forensics, homeland security and other applications. Ed is a finalist for a Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal in the Emerging Leaders category, which is awarded to federal employees under the age of 35 who have made important contributions early in their professional careers. The Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medals are in...