FSC239Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Drug Paraphernalia, Immunoassay, High-Performance Liquid Chromatography
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January 14, 2016: forensic toxicology from the centre of forensic sciences: drug screening and. Study of adverse effects of drugs and poisons on the human body and the application of this information to matters of the law. Involves a number of scientific disciplines including analytical chemistry, biochemistry, pharmacology, biology. Cases in forensic toxicology: death investigations. How could drug use contribute to the incident: sexual assault investigations. Purpose is to determine the presence or absence and quantity (where applicable- of drugs, alcohol and/or poisons in the specimen. Answer depends on the specimen type: blood. Post-mortem: serum, plasma, liver, urine, stomach contents, drug paraphernalia: spoons, glasses, needles, pipes, hospital samples (if the person was dying in the hospital) Drug in body at time of collection (ante-mortem) or death (post-mortem: serum/plasma. Obtained from ante-mortem blood: drug in body at the time of collection: liver. Post-mortem: drug in body at the time of death: qualitative (is the drug present or not present?: urine.
