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“Drug testing is a form of forensic testing. Drug test results issued should be scientifically, legally and forensically defensible.”
Drug Identification- is a branch of Forensic Chemistry that deals with the scientific examination of drugs and volatile substances.
Usually conducted by a forensic chemist/ chemical officer to determine the presence of dangerous drug on submitted specimens, also
conducts drug test on body fluids of suspected drug pushers and users. Paraphernalia like smoking pipes, tooters and aluminum foils
should also be submitted for examination to determine the presence of dangerous drugs.
A.Examination of the sample taken from the alleged confiscated Dangerous Drugs
Methods of Examination
Qualitative Examination
Quantitative Examination
Color Reactions:
Cannabis: Duquenois-Levin = violet
Fast Blue B salt = purple red
Cocaine: Cobalt Thiocyanate test or CT test = blue
Scott test or Modified CT test:
Reagent 1 = blue
Reagent 2 = pink
Reagent 3 = blue