THE ANALYSIS OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES
CONTENTS INTRODUCTION TO DRUG TRENDS, CONTROL, LEGISLATION AND ANALYSIS INTRODUCTORY REMARKS INTERNATIONAL LEGISLATION CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM BACKGROUND TO THE MISUSE OF DRUGS ACT, THE PROVISIONS OF THE MISUSE OF DRUGS ACT, CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES IN THE UNITED STATES CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES IN AUSTRALIA THE DRUG CHEMIST AND DRUG ANALYSIS QUALITY ASSURANCE IN THE DRUGS LABORATORY PRESENTATION OF EVIDENCE IN COURT REFERENCES AMPHETAMINE AND RELATED COMPOUNDS INTRODUCTION QUALITATIVE IDENTI?CATION OF AMPHETAMINES SAMPLING AND PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION OF AMPHETAMINES PRESUMPTIVE TESTING OF AMPHETAMINES THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY OF AMPHETAMINES DE?NITIVE IDENTI?CATION OF AMPHETAMINES QUANTI?CATION OF AMPHETAMINES COMPARISON AND PRO?LING OF AMPHETAMINE SAMPLES THE LEUCKART SYNTHESIS OF AMPHETAMINE THE REDUCTIVE AMINATION OF BENZYL METHYL KETONE THE NITROSTYRENE SYNTHESIS IMPURITY EXTRACTION AND SAMPLE COMPARISON THE ANALYSIS OF LSD QUALITATIVE IDENTI?CATION OF LSD SAMPLING AND PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION OF LSD BLOTTER ACID EXTRACTION OF LSD PRIOR TO ANALYSIS PRESUMPTIVE TESTING FOR LSD THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY OF SAMPLES CONTAINING LSD CON?RMATORY TESTS FOR THE PRESENCE OF LSD CANNABIS SATIVA AND PRODUCTS ORIGINS, SOURCES AND MANUFACTURE OF CANNABIS ANALYTICAL SEQUENCE, BULK AND TRACE SAMPLING PROCEDURES QUALITATIVE IDENTI?CATION OF CANNABIS IDENTI?CATION OF HERBAL MATERIAL IDENTI?CATION OF OTHER MATERIALS COMPARISON OF CANNABIS SAMPLES DIAMORPHINE AND HEROIN ORIGINS, SOURCES AND MANUFACTURE OF DIAMORPHINE APPEARANCE OF HEROIN AND ASSOCIATED PARAPHERNALIA BULK AND TRACE SAMPLING PROCEDURES IDENTI?CATION, QUANTI?CATION AND COMPARISON OF HEROIN SAMPLES PRESUMPTIVE TESTS FOR HEROIN THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY OF HEROIN SAMPLES GAS CHROMATOGRAPHIC–MASS SPECTROSCOPIC IDENTI?CATION OF HEROIN QUANTI?CATION OF HEROIN SAMPLES COMPARISON OF HEROIN SAMPLES COCAINE ORIGINS, SOURCES AND MANUFACTURE OF COCAINE EXTRACTION AND PREPARATION OF COCA PASTE SYNTHESIS OF PURE COCAINE QUALITATIVE IDENTI?CATION OF COCAINE PRESUMPTIVE TESTS FOR COCAINE THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY DE?NITIVE IDENTI?CATION OF COCAINE QUANTI?CATION OF COCAINE QUANTI?CATION OF COCAINE BY GC–MS QUANTI?CATION OF COCAINE BY UV SPECTROSCOPY COMPARISON OF COCAINE SAMPLES PRODUCTS FROM CATHA EDULIS AND LOPHOPHORA WILLIAMSII PRODUCTS OF CATHA EDULIS IDENTI?CATION, QUANTI?CATION AND COMPARISON OF KHAT SAMPLES COMPARISON OF KHAT SAMPLES PRODUCTS OF LOPHOPHORA WILLIAMSII PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION AND SAMPLING OF MATERIALS PRESUMPTIVE TESTS FOR MESCALINE TLC ANALYSIS OF MESCALINE HPLC ANALYSIS OF MESCALINE GC–MS ANALYSIS OF MESCALINE COMPARISON OF PEYOTE SAMPLES THE ANALYSIS OF PSILOCYBIN AND PSILOCIN FROM FUNGI IDENTI?CATION OF PSILOCYBIN- AND PSILOCIN-CONTAINING MUSHROOMS IDENTI?CATION OF FUNGAL SPECIES FROM MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS IDENTI?CATION OF PSILOCIN AND PSILOCYBIN USING CHEMICAL ANALYSIS QUANTI?CATION OF PSILOCIN AND PSILOCYBIN BY HPLC THE IDENTI?CATION OF PSILOCYBIN- AND PSILOCIN-CONTAINING FUNGI USING DNA PRO?LING THE ANALYSIS OF CONTROLLED PHARMACEUTICAL DRUGS – BARBITURATES AND BENZODIAZEPINES ANALYSIS OF BARBITURATES AND BENZODIAZEPINES EXTRACTION OF BARBITURATES AND BENZODIAZEPINES FROM DOSE FORMS PRESUMPTIVE TESTS FOR BARBITURATES AND BENZODIAZEPINES TLC OF BARBITURATES AND BENZODIAZEPINES CON?RMATORY ANALYSIS OF BARBITURATES AND BENZODIAZEPINES QUANTI?CATION OF BARBITURATES AND BENZODIAZEPINES 10 CURRENT STATUS, SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS 101 CURRENT STATUS OF DRUG ANALYSIS 102 CONCLUSIONS