Forensic chemistry, built for the real world.
Not the laboratory — the bar, the campus, the festival, and the street. DrugLab118's detection technology is built on published forensic chemistry and validated against the methods used in court.
Scientific Authority
97–100% agreement with GC/MS. Our technology is built on forensic chemistry and published for independent scrutiny. Cross-reactivity testing has evaluated over ninety non-drug compounds — with zero false positives.
Broadest Detection
More substances, more formats. We detect more substances, across more formats, than any other provider in this market — from amine-based illicit drugs to benzodiazepines and fentanyl analogues.
25 Years Refining
Field-proven since 2003. Detection technology refined over 25 years for the environments where people are most vulnerable — and validated in operational police and customs settings.
Three complementary detection systems
DrugLab118 combines colorimetric chemistry and immunoassay science to cover the substances that matter across drinks, surfaces, and possessions.
K+ colorimetric test — amine-based substances
The K+ colorimetric test detects all amine-based illicit substances — including cocaine, heroin, LSD, MDMA, methamphetamine, and amphetamine, in addition to ketamine. In principle, any beverage — alcoholic or non-alcoholic — containing an amine can be detected.
Immunoassay strip — benzodiazepines
Our immunoassay strip detects twenty-two benzodiazepines, including Rohypnol, with 97–100% agreement against GC/MS laboratory analysis.
Lateral flow cassette — fentanyl
The FentanylDetective cassette detects fentanyl and nine analogues at a 10 ng/mL cut-off, with greater than 99% reproducibility across all tested concentrations. A combined fentanyl & xylazine test is now available.
Led by a former Home Office Forensic Scientist
Every DrugLab118 development is led by Jim Campbell, our Chief Scientific Officer — a former Home Office Forensic Scientist with over thirty years' experience, trained as an analytical chemist and toxicologist in criminalistics and drug abuse.
Jim is the named inventor on the DRUGLAB drug-detection test and the holder of patents in tissue sampling and in a nanotechnology that uniquely identifies traces of drugs, poisons, and pesticides. The detection chemistry is developed and produced at his laboratory, SureScreen Diagnostics, in Derby.
Jim Campbell
Former Home Office Forensic Scientist · 30+ years · named inventor on the DRUGLAB test.
See the data behind the science.
Independent endorsements, GC/MS comparison data, and compound specificity tables — structured for procurement and policy.
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