Science Daily November 11, 2019
An international team of researchers (UK, Ireland) has built a fingerprint drug testing technology which is now able to detect heroin, its metabolite, 6-monoacetylmorphine (6-AM) and other analytes associated with the class A drug. The technology was able to identify traces of heroin and 6-AM on drug non-users in every scenario the researchers devised – whether someone directly touched the drug, handled it and then thoroughly washed their hands, or had come into contact with heroin via shaking someone else’s hand…read more. TECHNICAL ARTICLE