Research and Development in Forensic Toxicology Development and Production of Reference Materials for Control and Calibration of Hair Drug Testing, Final Report, NIJ-Sponsored, September 2009. This project developed and produced four reference materials of hair fortified with controlled substances for use as controls and/or calibrators. These reference materials can be used to identify and measure drugs of abuse in hair for forensic purposes.
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Forensic Toxicology Research and Development Evaluation of New and Novel Direct Sample Introduction, Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry (AccuTOF-DART) Instrument for Postmortem Toxicology Screening, Final Report, NIJ-Sponsored, August 2008. The study evaluates the applicability of the direct sample introduction time of flight mass spectrometer (DART-TOF) technology to postmortem toxicology analyses; specifically as a screening technology for detecting toxicologically relevant drugs and toxins.
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Drug-Free Workplace Kit, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, April 2008. The purpose of this Drug-Free Workplace Kit is to provide public and private workplaces with credible, authoritative, evidence-based information, resources, and tools for producing and maintaining drug-free workplace policies and programs.
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2007

Using ADAM Data to Investigate the Effectiveness of Law Enforcement, NIJ-sponsored, November 2007. This report analyzes whether arrestee�s responses to ADAM survey questions can provide a basis for evaluating the effectiveness of drug law enforcement interventions.
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National Forensic Laboratory Information System (NFLIS) 2007 Mid-Year Report, Drug Enforcement Administration, October 2007. This report provides information on the activities of NFLIS from January through June 2007. NFLIS is a DEA program that collects drug analysis results and related information from state and local forensic laboratories across the country.
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Comparing Drug Testing and Self Report of Drug Use Among Youths and Young Adults in the General Population, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, June 2007. The purpose of the Validity Study was to provide information on the validity of self-reported drug use in a general population survey by comparing the self-reports of respondents with the results of drug tests of urine and hair specimens obtained from those same respondents.
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Worker Substance Use and Workplace Policies and Programs, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, June 2007. This report presents findings on substance use among workers and on workplace drug policy and programs from the 2002, 2003, and 2004 National Surveys on Drug Use and Health (NSDUHs).
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Benzodiazapine Use and Harms Among Police Detainees in Australia, Australian Institute of Criminology, May 2007. This paper investigates self-reported prevalence, patterns and potential harms of benzodiazepine use in a sample of adult police detainees, using data from the Drug Use Monitoring in Australia (DUMA) program for the period 1999 to 2005.
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The impact of drugs on road crashes, assaults and other trauma - a prospective trauma toxicology study, Australia National Drug Law Enforcement Research Fund, 2007. This study analyzes evidence suggesting that the use of recreational drugs before/while driving is associated with increased risk of injury occurrence and severity.
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2006

An evaluation of the Standardised Field Sobriety Tests for the detection of impairment associated with cannabis with and without alcohol, Australia National Drug Law Enforcement Research Fund, 2006. This study examines standardized field sobriety tests in relation to the presence of cannabis and alcohol.
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2005

National Forensic Laboratory Information System (NFLIS) Special Report Synthetic Drugs, 2001-2004, Drug Enforcement Administration, September 2005. This NFLIS Special Report presents findings on synthetic drugs including methamphetamine, amphetamine, PCP, MDMA and MDA. From 2001 to 2004, nearly 1 million of these selected synthetic drug items were analyzed by state and local forensic laboratories in the U.S., representing about 13% of all items analyzed.
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2004

Drug and Alcohol Use and Related Matters Among Arrestees, 2003, National Institute of Justice, 2004. This data report presents findings from 39 Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring program (ADAM) sites that collected data during one or more quarters in 2003.
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Drug Use and Offending: Summary Results of the First Two Years of the NEW-ADAM Programme, Home Office Research, Development and Statistics Directorate, 2004. The New English and Welsh Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring (NEW-ADAM) programme is a national research study of interviews and voluntary urine tests designed to establish the prevalence of drug use among arrestees in England and Wales.
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Evaluation of Saliva/Oral Fluid as an Alternate Drug Testing Specimen, NIJ-Sponsored, A. Fatah, D. Crouch, J. Baudys, and J. Day, February 2005. This report presents findings from a study to determine whether saliva/oral fluid is a suitable specimen for drug testing in the criminal justice system.
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Detection and Prevalence of Substance Use Among Juvenile Detainees, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, K. Abram, G. McClelland, and L. Teplin. June 2004. This bulletin assesses substance use detection methods (self-report and urinalysis) and prevalence among high-risk youth detained in Cook County, Illinois.
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2003

Detection of Date Rape Drugs by Capillary Electrochromatography, NIJ-Sponsored, B. McCord, June 2005. The goal of this proposal was to explore recently developed methods to improve the detection of date rape drugs in victims.
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2002

Preliminary Data on Drug Use and Related Matters Among Adult Arrestees and Juvenile Detainees, 2002, National Institute of Justice, June 2003. This tabular booklet presents findings from 36 Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring program (ADAM)sites that collected data in 2002.
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Susceptibility of PharmChek(TM) Drugs of Abuse Patch to Environmental Contamination, National Institute of Justice, D.A. Kidwell, Ph.D. and F.P. Smith, Ph.D., September 2002. This paper explores some of the variables affecting how drugs from the external environment can enter the patch, tests cleaning human skin after the contamination with known amounts of drugs, and the persistence of drugs placed on skin.
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Use and Evaluation of Hair Analysis, Urinalysis, and Ion Mobility Spectrometry in a Juvenile Diversion Program in New Orleans, Final Report, National Institute of Justice, T. Mieczkowski, R. Mumm, and H. Connick. February 2002. This report describes the basis of the juvenile diversion process, the integration of the three drug testing technologies into the program, and the results of the application of these technologies.
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Improving the Pharmcheck(TM) Sweat Patch: Reducing False Positives From Environmental Contamination and Increasing Drug Detection, Final Report, National Institute of Justice, D.A. Kidwell and M. Long, September 2002. This paper explores different methods of removing drugs from contaminated skin and compares various patch designs for their efficacy in absorbing and retaining drugs on the skin.
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Evaluation of the TCU Drug Screen, National Institute of Justice, K. Knight, D. Simpson, and J. Morey. July 2002. The report examines psychometric properties and validity of the Texas Christian University Drug Screen (TCU Drug Screen).
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2001

ADAM Preliminary 2000 Findings on Drug Use and Drug Markets--Adult Male Arrestees, National Institute of Justice, Bruce G. Taylor, Dana Hunt, Henry H. Brownstein, Judy A. Reardon, and Nora Fitzgerald. December 2001. The ADAM program measures the extent of drug use in the high-risk population of people who have been arrested. This preliminary report presents data just about male arrestees.
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Monitoring the Marijuana Upsurge With DUF/ADAM Arrestees, Final Report, National Institute of Justice, A. Golub and B. Johnson, July 2001. This report examines the dynamics of trends in marijuana use detected at 23 locations across the nation served by the Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring Program from 1987 through 1998.
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Rise of Marijuana as the Drug of Choice Among Youthful Adult Arrestees, Research in Brief, National Institute of Justice, Andrew Golub and Bruce D. Johnson, June 2001. Discusses trends in marijuana use among booked young adult arrestees from 1987 through 1999.
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Detection of "Date-Rape" Drugs in Hair and Urine, Final Report, National Institute of Justice, A. Negrusz, August 2003. The objective of this project was to develop a methodology to detect flunitrazepam and its major metabolite 7-aminoflunitrazepam in the hair of victims of drug-facilitated sexual assault.
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Operation Drug TEST Evaluation, National Institute of Justice, A. Harrell, D. Longshore, F. Taxman, J. Byrne, S. Turner, and T. Fain. June 2001.This report provides information on an evaluation of Operation Drug TEST (ODT), a pretrial intervention featuring drug testing; sanctions for drug use; and treatment, as needed, for defendants under pretrial supervision.
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2000

Differences in the Validity of Self-Reported Drug Use Across Five Factors: Gender, Race, Age, Type of Drug, and Offense Seriousness, National Institute of Justice, A. Rosay, D. Hertz, and S. Najaka. May 2000. This study examines the accuracy of self-reported drug use of individuals in the justice system.
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Color Test Reagents/Kits for Preliminary Identification of Drugs of Abuse, NIJ Standard-0604.01, National Institute of Justice, June 2000. This report establishes standards for drug testing reagents/kits.
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Developing a Policy for Controlled Substance Testing of Juveniles, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Ann H. Crowe and Linda Sydney, May 2000. Provides an overview of issues involved in developing and implementing substance testing in the juvenile justice system.
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Ten Steps for Implementing a Program of Controlled Substance Testing of Juveniles, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Ann H. Crowe and Linda Sydney, May 2000. Specific information to assist those seeking to establish an effective substance abuse testing program for juveniles.
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Drug Testing in a Drug Court Environment: Common Issues To Address, Drug Court Clearinghouse and Technical Assistance Project, Jerome J. Robinson and James W. Jones, May 2000. An overview of the most critical topics that need to be addressed in developing and maintaining a drug testing capability in drug courts.
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Drug Use, Testing, and Treatment in Local Jails, Bureau of Justice Statistics, Doris James Wilson, May 2000. Describes the drug involvement of jail inmates and the level of drug use, testing, and treatment in jails.
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1999

Integrating Drug Testing Into a Pretrial Services System: 1999 Update, Bureau of Justice Assistance, July 1999. This document is an updated version of a 1992 monograph describing how to integrate drug testing into a jurisdiction�s pretrial services system.
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Pretrial Drug Testing: An Overview of Issues and Practices, Bureau of Justice Assistance, D. Alan Henry and John Clark, July 1999. This bulletin provides an overview of drug testing issues and practices at the pretrial stage of the criminal justice system.
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Annual Report on Cocaine Use Among Arrestees, 1998, National Institute of Justice, April 1999, Provides information on cocaine use among adult and juvenile arrestees.
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Annual Report on Marijuana Use Among Arrestees, 1998, National Institute of Justice, April 1999. Provides data on marijuana use among adult and juvenile arrestees.
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Annual Report on Methamphetamine Use Among Arrestees, 1998, National Institute of Justice, April 1999. Provides data on methamphetamine use among adult and juvenile arrestees.
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Annual Report on Opiate Use Among Arrestees, 1998, National Institute of Justice, April 1999. Provides data on opiate use among adult and juvenile arrestees.
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Toxicological Investigations of Drug-Facilitated Sexual Assaults , Federal Bureau of Investigation, M. LeBeau, April 1999. This report addresses common problems encountered by toxicologists in cases of drug-facilitated sexual assault and provides suggestions to overcome some of these obstacles.
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1998

Evaluation of Analytical Methodologies for Non-Intrusive Drug Testing: Supercritical Fluid Extraction of Cocaine From Hair, National Institute of Justice, December 1998. This report describes the results of the investigation of supercritical fluid extraction and its reliability for distinguishing between environmental contamination and active drug use.
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ADAM (Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring Program) 1997 Annual Report on Adult and Juvenile Arrestees, National Institute of Justice, July 1998. This report presents the results of both drug urinalysis and self report information from adult male and female arrestees and juvenile male arrestees/detainees.
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Drug Identification and Testing in the Juvenile Justice System: Summary, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Ann H. Crowe. May 1998. This report highlights innovative ways to identify and intervene with substance-abusing juveniles.
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1997

Drug Treatment Needs Among Adult Arrestees in Baltimore, National Institute of Justice, September 1997. A summary of research conducted on drug-involved Baltimore, Maryland arrestees through interviews and drug tests.
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Hair Assays and Urinalysis Results For Juvenile Drug Offenders, National Institute of Justice, April 1997. This report provides an overview of a research project that compared the results of drug testing methods.
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1996

Predicting Pretrial Misconduct With Drug Tests of Arrestees: Evidence From Six Sites, Research in Brief, National Institute of Justice, January 1996. An assessment of the effectiveness of drug testing as a means of predicting that a released arrestee will commit an additional offense or fail to appear in court during the pretrial period.
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