Citation

Rajotte JW, Palmentier JF, Wallage HR. J. Forensic Sci. 2017; 62(5): 1410-1413.

Affiliation

Centre of Forensic Sciences, 25 Morton Shulman Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, M3M 0B1, Canada.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, American Society for Testing and Materials, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/1556-4029.13433

PMID

28261791

Abstract

This case report details an individual arrested for drug-impaired driving after leaving the scene of multiple motor vehicle collisions and evading police. The driver was examined by a drug recognition expert and failed the drug recognition evaluation. The driver admitted to using cocaine, marijuana, an antidepressant medication and "N-bomb," a novel psychoactive substance that possesses hallucinogenic properties. Toxicological analyses at the Centre of Forensic Sciences' Toronto laboratory revealed only the substance 2-[4-chloro-2,5-dimethoxyphenyl]-N-[(2-methoxyphenyl)methyl]ethanamine (25C-NBOMe) in the accused's urine. This is the first report in which 25C-NBOMe was identified through DRE and toxicological analyses in a drug-impaired driver.

© 2017 American Academy of Forensic Sciences.

Language: en

Keywords

NBOMe; drug evaluation and classification program; drug recognition evaluator; drug-impaired driving; forensic science; novel psychoactive substances