ETX 20 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Antibody, Gas Chromatography, Pharmacology
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Not many dui charges go to court. People who examine bac results have to testify about them in court, which means their. Works for inhalants and other drugs as well as alcohol background information is very important. No cheating, felonies, lots of misdemeanors, etc. Types of tests for drug and alcohol analysis. List of illicit drugs is thousands of drugs long, so you need to search first for major categories. Do not confirm presence of a drug. Purpose: identify a sample that requires further testing. Use antibodies to bind to drugs and change color of test. Strength of color indicates amount of drug in urine. Purpose: identifies every specific chemical found in the sample. Each chemical has a unique mass, therefore you can figure out which chemicals are present by measuring their mass. Thousands of drugs exist, presumptive tests help narrow it down.