Study: Portable mass spectrometers could cut drug-lab backlogs and lower per-sample costs, but legal questions remain Jamie Whelan of Illinois State University presented research showing portable mass spectrometers can screen drug evidence with detection rates close to lab results and could reduce lab workloads and per-sample costs in many scenarios; she flagged Fourth Amendment and user-bias concerns and said court-admissibility and contamination protocols still need work.

Portable mass spectrometers could revolutionize how police handle drug evidence, slashing lab backlogs and costs while raising crucial legal questions.

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I’m looking to make a Twitter list/secret cabal of tweeps to inform therapeutics/ #drugevidence teaching

Would involve <2 Twitter polls/mo

To join me, DM/reply to this tweet!

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Reposting an old tweetorial, because am giving a zoom about the limitations of "evidence-based medicine" to a @UofARehabMed grad seminar (@klassensheri)

This is part of my "handout"
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(and yes, I know NNT is a flawed...

Saw this for sale by side of the road near Chalaca, Mx.

“Peyote gel with marijuana and arnica” good for knee pain, sciatica, cough and angina, among other claims.

#DrugEvidence?

Hypertension treatment NOT the secret to immortality?
What the what? 😱
This @CochraneHTN review shows little benefit (or none), on all outcomes. Clinical relevance?

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