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FORENSIC SCIENCE Toxicology

FORENSIC SCIENCE Toxicology. Today is the last day to turn in:. All drug notes (3- Intro, Drugs, Testing) 2 drug labs: Drugs & Money- table 3, Spot test- table 1) Spectrograph review Technology assignment: Mouse Party. Forensic File #2.

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FORENSIC SCIENCE Toxicology

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  1. FORENSIC SCIENCEToxicology

  2. Today is the last day to turn in: • All drug notes (3- Intro, Drugs, Testing) • 2drug labs: Drugs & Money- table 3, Spot test- table 1) • Spectrograph review • Technology assignment: Mouse Party

  3. Forensic File #2 • You have been asked to determine the difference between aspirin (salicylic acid) and tylenol, both of which are white powders. • What would you use to tell the difference? Think back to the lab from yesterday (HCl, water, FeCl, Universal indicator). What would this tell you?

  4. Forensic File #3 • What would you use to tell the difference? Think back to the lab from yesterday (HCl, water, FeCl, Universal indicator). What would this tell you? • Use Universal Indicator- this will tell you the difference between acids and bases… aspirin is an ACID

  5. Project • Two or three people per group • Case must involve DRUGS, POISONS, ARSON

  6. Drug-Control Laws • Controlled substance act, Title II or the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970 • Legal foundation of the Government’s fight against abuse of drugs and other substances • A consolidation of numerous laws regulating the manufacture and distribution of narcotics, stimulants, depressants, & hallucinogens

  7. Drug Identification • The challenge is that the unknown substance may have one of a thousand or more commonly encountered drugs and the investigator may have only a limited supply of the evidence to test

  8. Screening tests • Primary function is to eliminate some drugs from consideration • Also referred to as PRESUMPTIVE tests since they don’t actually identify the substance • These include spot tests (color change test) and microcrystalline test

  9. Screening tests or presumptive tests Color tests Microcrystalline test--a reagent is added that produces a crystalline precipitate which are unique for certain drugs. Confirmation tests Chromatography Spectrophotometry Mass spectrometry DRUG IDENTIFICATION

  10. Presumptive Color Tests: Spot tests • Often done on a spot plate or in a test tube • Normally destroys the sample • No spot test is specific for a particular drug, so a negative test is a good indicator for ruling something out

  11. Presumptive Tests for drugs

  12. Microscopic tests • Morphology- most commonly used with plant matter such as marijuana • Look for botanical features associated with plant

  13. Microcrystalline test • Involves dissolving the sample in a suitable solvent, filtering and adding a precipitating agent to promote crystallization • The size and shape of the crystals are highly characteristic of the drug

  14. Chromatography • Thin layer or gas chromatography used • Comparison of the Rf or retention-time values between questioned and known drugs

  15. Probable or conclusive identification tests • Spectrophometry or mass spectroscopy • Data can separate a complex mixture and then unequivocally identify each substance in the mixture • Match the spikes to known substances to identify

  16. Blood Urine Vitreous Bile Liver tissue Brain tissue Kidney tissue Spleen tissue Human Analysisfor Drugs

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