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 Chasing the Electronic Cigarette Dragon - Characterizing the Evolution and Impact of Design and Content
Award Information
Awardee
              Virginia Commonwealth University
Award #
              2016-DN-BX-0150
Funding Category
              Competitive
Location
                    Richmond, VA
Congressional District
              4
Status
              Closed
Funding First Awarded
              2016
Total funding (to date)
              $139,233
Original Solicitation
              Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
Description of original award (Fiscal Year 2016, $139,233)
As submitted by the applicant: Despite the growing popularity of electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes, e-cigs), they have been identified as a significant hazard to public health as a delivery device for nicotine. The lack of regulations has made them easy to access, with the greatest concern being their accessibility to children and teenagers, which has shepherded in a nefarious use of e-cigs. The use of the electronic cigarette as an illicit drug delivery device is touted on websites, forums, blogs, and videos describing how best to use them for specific illicit drugs and the benefits of doing so. Modifications to the devices to increase dosage alone, or combined with increasing the volume of the puff, could easily lead to overdoses. Clearly, this presents a significant criminal justice concern in the United States. This research aims to characterize how electronic cigarettes have and continue to evolve, investigate how the modifications impact drug delivery, and investigate what illicit pharmaceutical products are developed and promulgated, and how they are successfully distributed. This research will also begin to develop a model to understand the relationship between drug chemistry, heat, power, and aerosolization that impacts drug bioavailability. This research will support the criminal justice community by educating law enforcement on what evidence to collect, educators and drug courts as to what programs to develop regarding substance abuse and rehabilitation, controlled substances analytical units on how to most efficiently evaluate evidence, and toxicologists on if and how vaping is fundamentally different from other drug delivery methods and know how to interpret analytical results. Together, the community needs to define and characterize drug usage trends, and this research poses an important, relevant, and critically timed study to address an identified threat.
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                      Five Things About Vaping and Electronic Cigarettes
                  Cannabinoid-based vaping products and supplement formulations reported by consumers to precipitate adverse effects
                  A Retrospective Analysis of Chemical Constituents in Regulated and Unregulated E-Cigarette Liquids
                  Evaluation of extraction methods for pharmacologically active compounds from anticonvulsant traditional Chinese medicines: Gou Teng, Tian Ma, Jiang Can using DART-TOF-MS
                  The analysis of commercially available natural products recommended for use in electronic cigarettes
                  Author Correction: The Effect of Electronic Cigarette User Modifications and E-liquid Adulteration on the Particle Size Profile of an Aerosolized Product
                  Characterization of E-cigarette coil temperature and toxic metal analysis by infrared temperature sensing and scanning electron microscopy - energy-dispersive X-ray
                  Effect of Electronic Cigarette User Modifications and E-liquid Adulteration on the Particle Size Profile of an Aerosolized Product
                  The Unexpected Identification of the Cannabimimetic, 5F-ADB, and Dextromethrphan in Commercially Available Cannabidiol e-liquids
                  Chasing the Electronic Cigarette Dragon - Characterizing the Evolution and Impact of Design and Content
                  Ethanol Concentration in 56 Refillable Electronic Cigarettes Liquid Formulations Determined by Headspace Gas Chromatography With Flame Ionization Detector (HS-GC-FID)
                  The Blue Lotus Flower (Nymphea caerulea) Resin Used in a New Type of Electronic Cigarette, the Re-Buildable Dripping Atomizer
                  The Evolution and Impact of Electronic Cigarettes




  
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                      Vaping in the Weeds: The Merging of the E-cigarette and Cannabis Industries

  
Date Created: September 12, 2016
    
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