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Last Updated: December 6, 2021 | Press Releases

News Release: DHS S&T Releases New Master Question List for Synthetic Opioids

DHS S&T has released a new Master Question List (MQL) for Synthetic Opioids.

Last Updated: December 6, 2021 | Blog

Asking the Right Questions About Synthetic Opioids

S&T's Master Question List for Synthetic Opioids consolidates information and knowledge gaps to better focus investments on the most useful R&D.

Last Updated: November 10, 2021 | Publication

S&T Master Question List for Synthetic Opioids

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) has developed this Master Question List (MQL) to serve two primary objectives: 1) Response communities: Provide a simple interface of consolidated, scientifically vetted information in the context of daily operations; and 2) Research and development communities: Highlight the remaining critical knowledge gaps to focus investments with high operational priority and utility.

Last Updated: October 14, 2021 | Press Releases

Feature Article: New Fentanyl Detection Standards Protect First Responders

The newly published standards will be put into effect almost immediately through a S&T-led research and development effort with PNNL.

Last Updated: July 29, 2021 | Site Page

Opioid/Fentanyl Detection

S&T’s Opioid/Fentanyl Detection program is developing and evaluating advanced detection technologies and analytics to better target, interdict, and investigate illicit opioid and other narcotic smuggling into the U.S.

Last Updated: July 29, 2021 | Site Page

Chemical, Biological and Explosive Defense R&D

S&T’s research and development support prevention and protective strategies, as well as the coordinated surveillance and detection of chemical, biological and explosive threats.

Last Updated: January 8, 2021 | Press Releases

News Release: S&T Seeks Industry Participation in Battle Against Opioids

DHS S&T is working with the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) on a multi-phase study to improve detection of synthetic opioids.

Last Updated: March 4, 2020 | Publication

ST Opioid/Fentanyl Detection Fact Sheet

The Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) has established a program in collaboration with U.S. Customs and Border Protection to deliver improved drug detection capabilities.

Last Updated: December 12, 2019 | Press Releases

News Release: Prize Winners Announced in $1.55M Opioid Challenge

Today, DHS S&T, the White House ONDCP, CBP, and USPIS announced the grand prize winner and runner-up in the Opioid Detection Challenge, a $1.55 million global prize competition for rapid, nonintrusive detection tools that will help find illicit opioids in international mail.

Last Updated: November 21, 2019 | Press Releases

Media Advisory: Winning Opioid Detection Technology

DHS S&T in partnership with the U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service (USPIS) will announce the winning technologies in the Opioid Detection Challenge at 11:00 a.m., Thursday, December 12, 2019, at the DHS Transportation Security Laboratory (TSL) in Egg Harbor Township, NJ.