OpinionAugust 22, 2023
We Need Comprehensive Illicit Drug Analysis Now to Stop Overdose Deaths
More than 100,000 Americans die every year from drug overdoses. We should warn people in real time about dangerous adulterants in the illicit drug market
Stories by Edward Sisco
Edward Sisco is a research chemist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology whose work focuses on developing new methods for illicit drug detection and analysis. He is also the lead on the RaDAR project, seeking to provide near real-time monitoring of the illicit drug supply. The opinions expressed here are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of NIST.