We look at 5 recent publications in the field of toxicology. Dietzen, Dennis J., and Connor J. Blair. "Precision Chemotherapy: Optimizing Calibration for Rapid Determination of Blood Methotrexate by Tandem Mass Spectrometry±Liquid Chromatography." Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry 39.14 (2025): e10053.Skjelland, D., Jørgenrud, B. M., Gundersen, K., Bjørnaas, M. A., Brekke, M., Dalaker, V. M., ... & Vallersnes, O. M. (2025). Gamma-hydroxybutyrate poisoning: clinical diagnosis versu...

WIN A TOXPOD MUG! Listen to the episode and email Toxpod@tiaft.org the name of the EUDA's 1000th drug and we'll send one lucky listener a coveted Toxpod mug! Keeping up to date with New Psychoactive Substances is hard! We've assembled a crack team of international experts to help us do just that: Michael Evans-Brown, EUDAJared Brown, UNODC Alex Krotulski, CFSREHosted by TIAFT NPS Committee chair, Svante Vikingsson. This episode features: THC-P - fully synthetic or semi-synthetic ca...

Peter is joined by Bulletin editors Rebecca, Samantha and Luke for a rundown of the latest Bulletin. For more information on the Bulletin, including how to submit content, click here. Contact us at toxpod@tiaft.org Find out more about TIAFT at www.tiaft.org The Toxpod is a production of The International Association of Forensic Toxicologists. The opinions expressed by the hosts are their own and do not necessarily reflect the views of TIAFT. You can send us a text message using this link...

We look at 5 recent publications in the field of toxicology.Ning He, et al. Contextual bias in forensic toxicology decisions: A follow-up empirical study from China. (2024) Journal of Forensic Sciences, doi: 10.1111/1556-4029.15520.Kesmen, E. et al. Bioinformatics-driven untargeted metabolomic profiling for clinical screening of methamphetamine abuse. (2024) Forensic Toxicology, doi: 10.1007/s11419-024-00703-2.Schuller, M. et al. Electromembrane extraction of drugs of abuse and prescrip...

In the final part of the St Gallen Special, The Toxpod speaks with TIAFT President Simon Elliott, Young Scientist Best Paper Award winner Liam Ward and host of TIAFT 2025, Matt Hosking.Liam Ward's paper can be found here: Ward, Liam J. et al.Postmortem metabolomics as a high-throughput cause-of-death screening tool for human death investigations, iScience, Volume 27, Issue 5, 109794All the info you need for going to TIAFT in 2025 (23-27 November 2025) can be found at www.tiaft2025.comYou...

Neither Tim or I could make it to the The International Association of Forensic Toxicologists meeting in St Gallen to get “On The Spot” interviews with delegates this year, so we asked TIAFT past President Dimitri Gerostamoulos to give us a rundown of how the meeting went. Also we have Michael Scholz, who won the Young Scientist’s best oral presentation award. Hope you enjoy part 1! You can send us a text message using this link!

Keeping up to date with New Psychoactive Substances is hard! We've assembled a crack team of experts to help us do just that:Michael Evans-Brown, EUDAConor Crean, UNODCAlex Krotulski, CFSREAnd now hosted by TIAFT NPS Committee chair, Svante Vikingsson!These updates will be a regular part of our podcast schedule, letting you know about recent developments in NPS markets, detection and harms.Contact us at toxpod@tiaft.orgFind out more about TIAFT at www.tiaft.orgThe Toxpod is a production of Th...

We'll be previewing issues of the TIAFT Bulletin as they are released every few months.Special thanks to Jennifer Schumann and Rebecca Hartman, editors of the TIAFT Bulletin. For more information on the Bulletin, including how to submit content, click here.Geraldine's new podcast is called The Analytical Zen Podcast (buzzsprout.com), give it a go!Contact us at toxpod@tiaft.orgFind out more about TIAFT at www.tiaft.orgThe Toxpod is a production of The International Association of Forensic Toxi...

Keeping up to date with New Psychoactive Substances is hard! We've assembled a crack team of experts to help us do just that:Michael Evans-Brown, EUDAConor Crean, UNODCAlex Krotulski, CFSREAnd now hosted by TIAFT NPS Committee chair, Svante Vikingsson!These updates will be a regular part of our podcast schedule, letting you know about recent developments in NPS markets, detection and harms. Contact us at toxpod@tiaft.orgFind out more about TIAFT at www.tiaft.orgThe Toxpod is a production of T...

Tim is joined by Samantha Tolliver, Chief Toxicologist in the District of Columbia, to discuss the challenges of running a modern forensic toxicology laboratory.Contact us at toxpod@tiaft.orgFind out more about TIAFT at www.tiaft.orgThe Toxpod is a production of The International Association of Forensic Toxicologists. The opinions expressed by the hosts are their own and do not necessarily reflect the views of TIAFT.You can send us a text message using this link!

We'll be previewing issues of the TIAFT Bulletin as they are released every few months.Special thanks to Jennifer Schumann and Rebecca Hartman, editors of the TIAFT Bulletin. For more information on the Bulletin, including how to submit content, click here.Contact us at toxpod@tiaft.orgFind out more about TIAFT at www.tiaft.orgThe Toxpod is a production of The International Association of Forensic Toxicologists. The opinions expressed by the hosts are their own and do not necessarily reflect ...

Like all classes of drugs, amphetamines have the potential to both help and harm our communities - depending on how and why they are used. Tim hosted a panel discussion on this topic at the FACTA2024 conference, featuring A/Prof Rebecca McKetin, Dr Paul Liknaitzky, and Prof Olaf Drummer.Contact us at toxpod@tiaft.orgFind out more about TIAFT at www.tiaft.orgThe Toxpod is a production of The International Association of Forensic Toxicologists. The opinions expressed by the hosts are thei...

"I used to keep a quadrupole in my pocket..." Who else can say that? Bryan received the The International Association of Forensic Toxicologists' Alan Curry Award in 2018 and was present at the "revolt" of 1963 that led to TIAFT's genesis. Even after 6 decades in toxicology he continues to support the development of our science and our scientists through the Bryan Finkle Visiting Scientists Grant. A true giant of our field. Come along for the ride! Contact us at toxpod@tiaft.orgFind out m...

Meet the giants upon whose shoulders modern toxicologists stand! In the first of a series on winners of TIAFT's prestigious Alan Curry Award, Peter is joined by Tony Moffat, the 2013 winner. He is still contributing to our field after more than 50 years. Contact us at toxpod@tiaft.orgFind out more about TIAFT at www.tiaft.orgThe Toxpod is a production of The International Association of Forensic Toxicologists. The opinions expressed by the hosts are their own and do not necessarily refl...

We'll be previewing issues of the TIAFT Bulletin as they are released every few months.Special thanks to Jennifer Schumann and Rebecca Hartman, editors of the TIAFT Bulletin. For more information on the Bulletin, including how to submit content, click here.Contact us at toxpod@tiaft.orgFind out more about TIAFT at www.tiaft.orgThe Toxpod is a production of The International Association of Forensic Toxicologists. The opinions expressed by the hosts are their own and do not necessarily reflect ...

Keeping up to date with New Psychoactive Substances is hard! We've assembled a crack team of experts to help us do just that:Svante Vikingsson, TIAFT NPS Committee chairConor Crean, UNODCAlex Krotulski, CFSREThese updates will be a regular part of our podcast schedule, letting you know about recent developments in NPS markets, detection and harms. In this episode we discuss the dropoff in new substances compared to last year, the effect of international controls, and how best to gather and th...

Tim is joined by Lana Brockbals to discuss her research into a number of interesting areas in forensic toxicology, including post-mortem drug changes and metabolomics.Contact us at toxpod@tiaft.orgFind out more about TIAFT at www.tiaft.orgThe Toxpod is a production of The International Association of Forensic Toxicologists. The opinions expressed by the hosts are their own and do not necessarily reflect the views of TIAFT.You can send us a text message using this link!

At the TIAFT2023 conference in Rome, Peter caught up with a few fellow toxicologists to talk about their work. Contact us at toxpod@tiaft.orgFind out more about TIAFT at www.tiaft.orgThe Toxpod is a production of The International Association of Forensic Toxicologists. The opinions expressed by the hosts are their own and do not necessarily reflect the views of TIAFT.You can send us a text message using this link!

At the TIAFT2023 conference in Rome, Peter caught up with a few fellow toxicologists to talk about their work. Contact us at toxpod@tiaft.orgFind out more about TIAFT at www.tiaft.orgThe Toxpod is a production of The International Association of Forensic Toxicologists. The opinions expressed by the hosts are their own and do not necessarily reflect the views of TIAFT.You can send us a text message using this link!

We'll be previewing issues of the TIAFT Bulletin as they are released every few months.Special thanks to Jennifer Schumann and Rebecca Hartman, editors of the TIAFT Bulletin. For more information on the Bulletin, including how to submit content, click here.Contact us at toxpod@tiaft.orgFind out more about TIAFT at www.tiaft.orgThe Toxpod is a production of The International Association of Forensic Toxicologists. The opinions expressed by the hosts are their own and do not necessarily reflect ...