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• About the challenge - The Opioid Detection Challenge

  The opioid crisis The abuse of opioids such as fentanyl has created an unprecedented public health crisis across the United States. In 2017, approximately 50,000 Americans died from opioid overdoses. ...

• 8 finalists announced: Meet the innovators working on novel technologies to detect opioids - The

  Today the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced eight finalists in the $1.55 million global Opioid Detection Challenge. Their novel plans for detecting opioids in international mail tap a ra...

• Grand prize winner and runner-up demonstrate detection solutions at announcement event - The Opioid

  Today, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T), the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)...

• Selection Criteria - The Opioid Detection Challenge

  Stage 1 The panel of judges evaluated Stage 1 submissions using the following selection criteria. These criteria were used to select up to eight (8) Stage 1 finalists.   Accuracy. The degree to which ...

• A conversation with Challenge finalist XID - The Opioid Detection Challenge

  This is the sixth interview in our series featuring the eight Opioid Detection Challenge finalists. We’re introducing each finalist and learning more about how their novel detection plans could quickl...

• A conversation with Challenge finalist One Resonance - The Opioid Detection Challenge

  This is the final interview in our series featuring the eight Opioid Detection Challenge finalists. We’re introducing each finalist and learning more about how their novel detection plans could quickl...