<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Eric Deconinck</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Marie Polet</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Michael Canfyn</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Céline Duchateau</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">De Braekeleer, Kris</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Robin Van Echelpoel</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Karolien De Wael</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">L. Gremeaux</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Maarten Degreef</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Margot Balcaen</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Evaluation of an electrochemical sensor and comparison with spectroscopic approaches as used today in practice for harm reduction in a festival setting—A case study: Analysis of 3,4‐methylenedioxymethamphetamine samplesAbstract</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Drug Testing and Analysis</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">3</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA)</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">ATR–(N)IR</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">drug checking</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">electrochemical detection</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Mobile detection approaches</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2024</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Jan-09-2024</style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">16</style></volume><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;More and more countries and organisations emphasise the value of harm reduction&lt;br&gt;
measures in the context of illicit drug use and abuse. One of these measures is drug&lt;br&gt;
checking, a preventive action that can represent a quick win by tailored consultation&lt;br&gt;
on the risks of substance use upon analytical screening of a submitted sample. Unlike&lt;br&gt;
drop-in centres that operate within a fixed setting, enabling drug checking in a harm&lt;br&gt;
reduction context at events requires portable, easy to use analytical approaches,&lt;br&gt;
operated by personnel with limited knowledge of analytical chemistry. In this case&lt;br&gt;
study, four different approaches were compared for the characterisation of&lt;br&gt;
3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine samples and this in the way the approaches&lt;br&gt;
would be applied today in an event context. The four approaches are mid-infrared&lt;br&gt;
(MIR), near-infrared, and Raman spectroscopy, which are today used in drug checking&lt;br&gt;
context in Belgium, as well as an electrochemical sensor approach initially developed&lt;br&gt;
in the context of law enforcement at ports. The MIR and the electrochemical&lt;br&gt;
approach came out best, with the latter allowing for a direct straightforward analysis&lt;br&gt;
of the percentage 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (as base equivalent) in the&lt;br&gt;
samples. However, MIR has the advantage that, in a broader drug checking context,&lt;br&gt;
it allows to screen for several molecules and so is able to identify unexpected active&lt;br&gt;
components or at least the group to which such components belong. The latter is also&lt;br&gt;
an important advantage in the context of the growing emergence of new psychotropic&lt;br&gt;
substances.&lt;/p&gt;
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