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TruNarc Analyzer Can Detect Lethal
W-18 Opioid Drug
(In italics please) Thermo Scientific TruNarc analyzer expands
library to give law enforcement rapid field detection capability
for many new narcotics and synthetic opioids
Law enforcement agents, narcotics officers and
customs personnel can now quickly and safely detect street drug W-18 and other lethal drugs with
the newest library update for the Thermo Scientific
TruNarc handheld narcotics analyzer.
W-18 is a new designer drug considered to be significantly more potent than morphine and fentanyl.
As part of its most recent v1.6 software update, the
TruNarc analyzer adds dibutylone, furanyl fentanyl
and U-47700 to its onboard library, which now includes nearly 300 suspected narcotics and narcotics precursors and an additional 80 common cutting agents.
TruNarc helps combat drug abuse by enabling law
enforcement to quickly identify core drugs of abuse
as well as emerging threats.
(In a single test, performed THROUGH glass and plastic, the
TruNarc can identify dozens of narcotics and give definitive
results without user interpretation. This instrument can detect
common drugs of abuse as well as cutting agents, precursors
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and emergent experimental chemicals to keep law enforcement ahead of the curve.)
These include dangerous painkillers that have contributed to the growing opioid epidemic in the U.S.
Last year, TruNarc added fentanyl and acetyl fentanyl to its library.
Dibutylone, known as “booty” or “beauty,” is a psychedelic drug in the phenethylamine, amphetamine
and cathinone class.
It has been linked to recent random acts of violence in Florida, where the Thermo Fisher Scientific
Reachback Support team assisted law enforcement
by identifying the dibutylone (bk-DMBDB HCl).
Furanyl fentanyl and U-47700 are two synthetic opioids distributed in the U.S. as recreational drugs.
Fentanyl has been linked to hundreds of deaths in
the U.S. since 2013, a reason the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency issued a briefing in July 2016 stating
that the country is in the midst of a fentanyl crisis.
(*Editors Note: For important DEA role call video
for law enforcement, please view https://americansecuritytoday.com/dea-issues-carfentanil-warningpolice-public-important-video/)
Denzil Vaughn, director of marketing, portable analytical instruments, Thermo Fisher
“The recent case
in Florida highlights the challenges safety and
security
professionals face as
newer,
deadlier
drugs reach the street,” said Denzil Vaughn, director
of marketing, portable analytical instruments, Thermo Fisher.
“The TruNarc analyzer’s latest library update is
designed to equip field agents with updated capabilities to stay ahead of emerging narcotics threats
and more quickly get drug users the treatment they
need.”
The TruNarc analyzer, which debuted in 2012, allows law enforcement personnel to scan a single
sample for multiple narcotics in one test and receive
the results within seconds.
An increasing number of law enforcement departments are deploying TruNarc for presumptive testing, helping to eliminate the need to carry multiple
chemical tests, reduce drug testing backlogs and
speed prosecution.
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