Handbook of Forensic Drug Analysis

Erscheinungsjahr 2004
ISBN: 978-0-12-650641-9
Verlag: Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc

Buch, Englisch, 584 Seiten, Format (B × H): 195 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 1578 g

The Handbook of Forensic Drug Analysis is a comprehensive chemical and analytic reference for the forensic analysis of illicit drugs. With chapters written by leading researchers in the field, the book provides in-depth, up-to-date methods and results of forensic drug analyses.

This Handbook discusses various forms of the drug as well as the origin and nature of samples. It explains how to perform various tests, the use of best practices, and the analysis of results. Numerous forensic and chemical analytic techniques are covered including immunoassay, gas chromatography, and mass spectrometry. Topics range from the use of immunoassay technologies for drugs-of-abuse testing, to methods of forensic analysis for cannabis, hallucinogens, cocaine, opioids, and amphetamine. The book also looks at synthetic methods and law enforcement concerns regarding the manufacture of illicit drugs, with an emphasis on clandestine methamphetamine production.

This Handbook should serve as a widely used reference for forensic scientists, toxicologists, pharmacologists, drug companies, and professionals working in toxicology testing labs, libraries, and poison control centers. It may also be used by chemists, physicians and those in legal and regulatory professions, and students of graduate courses in forensic science.

Zielgruppe

Forensic scientists; toxicologists; pharmacologists; drug companies; toxicology testing labs; libraries; poison control centers; physicians; legal and regulatory professions, and chemists.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Smith, Fred

Weitere Mitwirkende

Siegel, Jay A.

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Chemie Chemie Allgemein Chemometrik, Chemoinformatik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Overview of Forensic Drug Analysis
2. Immunoassay Technologies For Drugs-of-Abuse Testing
3. Cannabis: Methods of Forensic Analysis
4. Analysis of the Hallucinogens
5. Cocaine: Methods of Forensic Analysis
6. Opioids: Methods of Forensic Analysis
7. Amphetamines: Methods of Forensic Analysis
8. Illicit Drug Manufacture (with an Emphasis on Clandestine Methamphetamine Production): Synthetic Methods and Law Enforcement Concerns

Über Autor(innen)

Siegel, Jay A.
Jay Siegel, PhD is retired Director of the Forensic and Investigative Sciences Program and Chair of the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis. He was Director of the Forensic Science Program at Michigan State University for 25 years from 1980-2004 until his retirement as Professor Emeritus. Dr. Siegel is a Distinguished Member of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences and was named as Distinguished Alumni Scholar by his alma mater, George Washington University in 2011. He is co-editor of Forensic Science Policy and Management: An International Journal. He was a member of the National Academy of Sciences Forensic Science Committee from 2006-09.