Quality Control and Analytical Research Manager at Chiron AS, Trondheim, Norway. Cinephile. Appreciator of beautiful music, mountains and Northern Lights.
Trondheim, Norway
Joined June 2011
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Craig Mckenzie retweeted
Use of carhinones on the rise in Belgium.
´Mefi' of 'Miauwmiauw' in opmars vrtnws.be/p.O085qjZOePB
Craig Mckenzie retweeted
New paper published today on the detection of the synthetic cathinone dimethylpentylone in seized samples, including in mixtures with novel benzodiazepines and synthetic cannabinoids! @lrcfs Check it out 👉👉 doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.…
Craig Mckenzie retweeted
💥BREAKING!💥 10 June 2024
“The Challenge of #NPS - A Technical Update (2024)” is launched by @UNODC & @unodc_lab.
Extremely proud of our Director, @sutcliffeob, who worked w/ the team to prepare the final report.
Available free here: unodc.org/documents/scie…
The use of NPS is often linked to health problems, & poses a public health threat.
💡 In the last 10 years, the NPS market became more complex.
Check out the challenge of NPS report-a technical update 2024
🔗: bit.ly/3RnqbRU
#SMARTForensics #EarlyWarning #SyntheticDrugs
Craig Mckenzie retweeted
Children and adolescents are at risk by products containing semi-synthetic cannabinoids in the form of sweets and other edibles which are easily accessible via vending machines.
– check out the new #UNODC #SMARTForensics Update 🔗: bit.ly/4aGKekM
Craig Mckenzie retweeted
More than half of US poison center calls pertaining to the THC analogues delta-8 THC, delta-10 THC, and THC-O-acetate involve children and adolescents
Overall, 38% of individuals experienced serious outcome
tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
Craig Mckenzie retweeted
N-pyrrolidino protonitazene (NPP) - a type of nitazene was detected at a Canberra pill testing service for the first time.
Read the full story via the ABC Canberra: abc.net.au/news/2024-05-19/p…
Craig Mckenzie retweeted
Semi-synthetic cannabinoids are on the rise and diversify the #cannabis market – check out the new #UNODC #SMARTForensics Update
🔗: bit.ly/4aGKekM
@unodc_lab
#EarlyWarning
Craig Mckenzie retweeted
Semi-synthetic cannabinoids are on the rise and new products diversify the cannabis markets – soon in the new #SMARTForensics Update! @unodc_lab
Craig Mckenzie retweeted
Finland: Seized fake alprazolam tablets contained metonitazene. hs.fi/pkseutu/art-2000010436…
Craig Mckenzie retweeted
📢 Publication alert for a comparative analysis of 30 hemp-derived and/or #semisynthetic cannabinoids vs. d9-THC: looking into the potential for abuse and investigating seized drug products
🔍 Now published online
doi.org/10.1007/s00204-024-0…
🙏🏼@Cayman_Forensic
🙏🏼@christophestove
Craig Mckenzie retweeted
ALERT: There’s xylazine in the heroin. Today, Public Health Scotland (@P_H_S_Official) released an alert on the non-opioid tranquiliser, xylazine, after it has been increasingly detected in overdoses and deaths.
Please share: publichealthscotland.scot/pu…
Craig Mckenzie retweeted
We have 2 exciting new projects coming up and are looking for junior scientists to join our team. Interested?
👉Drug incident network: jobs.sciensano.be/content/jo…
👉Drug policy at events: jobs.sciensano.be/content/jo…
Craig Mckenzie retweeted
🚀 Exciting News Alert! 🚀
As the Programme Lead, I am beyond excited to share that @dundeeuni and @lrcfs have introduced a part-time distance Drug Analysis and Toxicology MSc, launching Sept 24.
dundee.ac.uk/postgraduate/dr…
#ProfessionalDevelopment #NewCourse #CareerGrowth
Craig Mckenzie retweeted
Latest work from @Lambert_Usyd is online in @ACSChemNeurosci!
In another great collaboration with @christophestove et al., we looked at the recently detected synthetic cannabinoid ADB-HEXINACA and related analogues as emerging NPS🧪🔍
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs…
Craig Mckenzie retweeted
Nice collaborative work (1st paper of @AxelleTimmerman 👏) w. @eric_sparkes & other fantastic @Lambert_Usyd colleagues now out in @ACSChemNeurosci:
Synthesis and Functional Evaluation of Synthetic Cannabinoid Receptor Agonists Related to ADB-HEXINACA
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs…
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Latest work from @Lambert_Usyd is online in @ACSChemNeurosci!
In another great collaboration with @christophestove et al., we looked at the recently detected synthetic cannabinoid ADB-HEXINACA and related analogues as emerging NPS🧪🔍
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs…
Craig Mckenzie retweeted
"is believed to have been detected in the UK:
Methylenedioxynitazene (2-(2-(benzo[d][1,3]dioxol-5-ylmethyl)-5-nitro1H-benzo[d]imidazol-1-yl)-N,N-diethylethan-1-amine)"
JUST PUBLISHED: #ACMD advice on 2-benzyl benzimidazole and piperidine benzimidazolone opioids @SSA_Addiction @EMCDDA @UNODC @rcpsychAddFac @WEDINOSProject @TOXBASE gov.uk/government/publicatio…
Craig Mckenzie retweeted
Pharmacologic characterization at mu, kappa and delta opioid receptors and structure-activity relationships of 19 nitazenes with substitutions at three positions of the benzimidazole core jpet.aspetjournals.org/conte…
Craig Mckenzie retweeted
Today #bromazolam was internationally controlled by the United Nations #CND67
In Scotland, bromazolam was detected in 24% of drug-positive post mortem toxicology samples in quarter 3, 2023.
Bromazolam emerged after etizolam was controlled. What will replace it?
#radar #benzos
#CND67 day 4 THREAD🧵
I'm in Vienna this week for the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs - and it's the annual circus of scheduling day - when a bunch of drugs (& some precursors) get banned, & the world drug problem is solved (or infact unchanged/made worse
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Craig Mckenzie retweeted
With red alerts remaining in place for Dublin and Cork, the HSE #nitazene alert has now been extended to the prison setting following developments last week.
Multi stakeholder collaboration helped to identify, communicate and respond.
independent.ie/irish-news/re…
Craig Mckenzie retweeted
📢Improving forensic capacity worldwide @UNODC Laboratory and Scientific Services!
Have a look at the training we provide for forensic personnel, law enforcement, and customs officers.
Explore our courses now!👉 🔗: bit.ly/48OQA0M
