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In episode three of the Drugs Season, Just Science interviews Alex Krotulski, a research scientist, and Amanda Mohr, a forensic scientist 2, at the Center for Forensic Science Research and education. Both discuss their NIJ funded research titled Evaluating Trends in Novel Psychoactive Substances Using a Sentinel Population of Electronic Dance Music Festival Attendees. Stay tuned as we answer some Electronic Dance Music festival culture questions such as, what do the bracelets that attendees wear really mean? How knowledgeable are attendees about the drugs they are taking? And many more… This episode was recorded at the America Academy of Forensic Sciences 2018 annual meeting where Alex presented the research at the NIJ R&D Symposium. If you missed his talk please visit forenscoe.org to watch the archival. This season is funded by the National Institute of Justice's Forensic Technology Center of Excellence.