Michelle Johnston’s research while affiliated with Health Services Support Agency and other places

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Publications (1)


MDPV in Queensland Drivers
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May 2015

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Australian Journal of Forensic Sciences

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Michelle Johnston

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Lenore Hadley

3,4-methylenedioxypyrovalerone (MDPV) is a novel psychoactive drug structurally related to cathinone with powerful CNS stimulant effects. MDPV has a marked potential to impair driving performance, however, only limited data are available on the prevalence and drug concentrations of MDPV in driver specimens. In this study, data relating to MDPV positive driver specimens in Queensland were examined. MDPV first appeared in Queensland illicit drug seizures in 2010 and subsequently began to appear in driver specimens in 2011. Between 2011 and 2013 the drug was identified in 33 blood specimens collected from drivers who either had been injured during a motor vehicle accident, or were suspected of non-alcohol related drug impairment by investigating police or forensic medical officers. Examination of the driver data revealed a large proportion of the MDPV positive specimens had originated from the sparsely populated Mount Isa region in the northwest of Queensland. MDPV concentrations were within a range of 50% of cases. Seventy percent of MDPV positive drivers were male, 30% female and the median age was 33 years.

Citations (1)


... Methylenedioxypyrovalerone (MDPV): 2016 GC-MS and GC-IRD studies on aminoketone designer drugs related to MDPV [301]; drug concentrations of MDPV in driver specimens [302]; 2017 combination of GC-MS, MS/MS and GC-IR techniques were used to characterize the ring substitution pattern, the alkyl sidechain and the cyclic tertiary amine portions of a series of six homologous and regioisomeric methylenedioxyphenyl-aminoketones related to MDPV [303]; ...

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Interpol review of controlled substances review 2016–2019
MDPV in Queensland Drivers
  • Citing Article
  • May 2015

Australian Journal of Forensic Sciences