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Due to the addition of fluorine to alprazolam, flualprazolam\u2019s chemistry was enough to bypass targeted toxicology confirmations, and it has become increasingly available for purchase both on the dark web and in counterfeit pills. Flualprazolam was added to the exact mass screening regiment of the Orange County forensic laboratory in December 2018. Through data mining of previously analyzed cases, data were evaluated beginning from August 2018. Flualprazolam was subsequently added to the laboratory\u2019s validated quantitative liquid chromatography dual mass spectrometry method in the summer of 2020, and all driving cases from August 2018 to June 2020 were re-analyzed to obtain concentrations. The police and drug recognition evaluation (if available) reports were collected and reviewed for all cases where flualprazolam was detected. 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