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DRUGS OF ABUSE Flashcards

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Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002

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Republic Act No 9165 : June 7,2002

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repealing Republic Act No 6425, otherwise known as the

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Dangerous Drugs Act of 1972

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  • increasing applicability
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Drug Testing

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Drug Testing AGENCIES

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government agencies
industrial agencies
sports agencies

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  • the application of drug testing to questions of law
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Forensic Drug Testing

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Drug Testing Operations
RA 9165:

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“Comprehensive Dangerous Drug’s Act of 2002”

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Classification of DT Lab

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  1. Ownership
  2. Institutional Character
  3. Service Capability
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  1. Ownership
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a. Government (BGH)
b. Private (UB-CL)

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  1. Institutional Character
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a. Institution-Based (UB-DTC, BGH)
b. Free Standing (Drug Check Internation – Upper Gen Luna)

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  1. Service Capability
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a. Screening (UBDTC)
b. Confirmatory (Manila-based)

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Confirmatory Laboratory & Screening Laboratory : Screening Test

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Immunoassay equipment or BFAD registered drugtesting kit or Thin Layer Chromatography (TLC)

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Confirmatory Laboratory : Confirmatory Test

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Gas ChromatographyMass Spectrometer (GC-MS), High Performance Liquid Chromatography- Mass Spectrometer (HPLC-MS) or some such modern and accepted equipment

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Confirmatory Laboratory Basic equipment:

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  • Laboratory oven
  • Analytical balance
  • Refrigerator
  • Freezer
  • Fumehood
  • Other necessary equipment based on the procedure used
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Screening Laboratory Basic equipment:

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  • Refrigerator/Freezer
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a. Screening Lab: shall have at least [?] in floor area. The work area must be [?] with [?].

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twenty (20) square meters

ten (10) square meters

exhaust fan, sink and storage cabinet

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b. Confirmatory Lab: shall have at least [?] in floor area. The clinical work area must be [?] with [?].

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sixty (60) square meters

thirty (30) square meters

exhaust fan, sink, stock room and instrumentation room

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a. Screening lab: licensed physician with certification in [?] from the Philippine Board of Pathology or certification in [?] conducted by the DOH

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Clinical Pathology

Clinical Laboratory Management Training

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b. Confirmatory Lab: The confirmatory laboratory shall be headed by a licensed physician certified in [?] by the Philippine Board of Pathology with at least [?] of active laboratory experience in [?] or a licensed chemist with at least a [?] or a branch of Chemistry and at least [?] of active laboratory experience in [?].

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Clinical Pathology

two (2) years ; analytical toxicology

Master’s Degree in Chemistry, Biochemistry

two (2) years; analytical chemistry

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Mandatory DT
1. Applicants for [?]
2. Applicants for [?]
3. Officers and members of the [?]
4. Persons charged before the prosecutor’s office with a criminal offense having an imposable penalty of imprisonment of not less than [?]
5. Candidates for public office whether [?] both in the national or local government
6. Persons [?] for violating the provisions of this Act

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Driver’s license

Fire arms license

military, police and law enforcement

six (6) years and one (1) day

appointee or elected

apprehended or arrested

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Random DT
1. Students of [?]
2. Officers and employees of [?] whether domestic of overseas

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secondary and tertiary school

public and private offices

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: gold standard for confirmatory testing

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Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometer (GC-MS)

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Drug analysts:

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Chemists, Pharmacists, Medical Technologists

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Urine Volume for Drug Testing:

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60 mL

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: operating system used for drug testing; installed in computers (confirmatory/screening labs)

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Integrated Drug Test Operations Management Information System (IDTOMIS)

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TEST PRINCIPLE
• [?] between drug-protein conjugates and drugs that may be present in the urine sample.

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Competition for antibody binding

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: drug-protein conjugates

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• Band regions

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: mouse monoclonal Ab conjugated with gold particles

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• Gold Pad

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allows for selective ID of THC and MET

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• Ab on the test strip

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• [?] test kit

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Lateral Flow

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• Principle: Competition for Ab-binding between [?] in the urine sample

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drug protein conjugates and drugs

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TEST PROCEDURE
1. Allow all bit components and specimens to reach a temperature between [?] prior to testing.
2. Remove the test device from the foil pouch and place it on a [?].
3. Holding the urine dropper above the test device, dispense [?] of urine into the sample well (S).
4. As the test begins to work, you will see a purple colored band move across the [?] in the center of the test device.
5. Interpret test results at [?]. Do not interpret test result after [?].

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15°C and 30°C

flat, dry surface

3-4 drops

result window

5 minutes

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The presence of 3 colored bands (1, 2, C) within the result window, regardless of the order in which the bands appear, indicates a [?].

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Negative Result

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This indicates that the drug concentrations are below the detectable levels.

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Negative Result

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The presence of both the THC test band (2) and the control (C) within the result window, regardless of which band appears first, indicates a

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Methamphetamine-Positive Result

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This result indicates that the concentration of methamphetamine in the sample is at or above the detectable level (1000mg/mL).

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Methamphetamine-Positive Result

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The presence of both the MET (1) test band and the control (C) within the result window, regardless of which band appears first, indicates a

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THC-Positive Result

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This result indicates that the concentration of THC metabolites in the sample is at or above the detectable level (50mg/mL).

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THC-Positive Result

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The presence of only the control (C) within the result window indicates a

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Methamphetamine- and THC-Positive Result

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This result indicates that the concentration of methamphetamine and THC metabolites are at or above the detectable level (1000mg/mL and 50mg/mL respectively).

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Methamphetamine- and THC-Positive Result

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If the control band (C) is not visible within the result window after performing the test, the result is considered invalid.

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Invalid Result

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Instructions may not have been followed correctly or the test may have deteriorated beyond the expiration date.

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Invalid Result

42
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It is recommended that the specimen be retested using a new test kit.

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Invalid Result

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Methamphetamine
• Last about

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2-4 hours

44
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Methamphetamine
• Half-life:

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9-24 hours

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Methamphetamine
• is excreted in urine

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10-20%

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Methamphetamine
• Detected:

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3-5 days

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Methamphetamine
• Cut-off Value:

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1,000 ng/mL

48
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: Concentration of drugs that can be detected in urine

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Cut-off Value

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Tetrahydrocannabinol
• Peak effect:

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20-30 mins

50
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Tetrahydrocannabinol
• Duration:

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90-120 mins

51
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Tetrahydrocannabinol
• Derivatives in urine:

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3 to 5 days after smoking

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Tetrahydrocannabinol
• Derivative in urine:

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∆9-THCCOOH

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Tetrahydrocannabinol
• Cut-off Value:

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50 ng/mL

54
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  • the usual sample used to test a number of drugs of abuse
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• Urine specimen

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• Urine specimen DISADVANTAGES

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• Detects only fairly recent drug use
• Will not differentiate casual use from chronic drug abuse

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ALTERNATIVE SPECIMENS

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Meconium

Hair

Sweat

Saliva

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• first stool of the newborn

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Meconium

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• begins to form during second trimester and continues to accumulate until birth

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Meconium

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• provides evidence of maternal drug use anytime during the last two trimesters

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Meconium

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• obtained easily; not easily tampered

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Hair

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• prior drug use may be detected for several months

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Hair

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• hair growth:

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0.3 to 0.4 mm/day (90 – 12 strands = 100 mg of hair)

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• mechanism of drug deposition in hair

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• transfer from blood to growing hair shaft
• transfer from sweat
• environmental contamination

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• sweat-patch collection devices, worn for several days to several weeks

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Sweat

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• the drug, if present accumulates on the absorbent pad in the patch

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Sweat

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• advantage: monitoring of drug use in correctional institutions or in drug rehab programs

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Sweat

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• easy to obtain, less invasion of privacy and ease of adulteration

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Saliva

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• ultrafiltrate of plasma

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Saliva

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• detection of drug level is shorter compared with urine

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Saliva

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• recent drug use

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Saliva

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sample of choice

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Urine

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represents the net load of the drug over a long period

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Urine

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guard against specimen exchange and/ or adulteration

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Urine

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urine pH, specific gravity and creatinine

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Urine

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represents transient passage of the drug thru the circulation

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Blood

76
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only a quick picture of the drug level at a specific time

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Blood

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Processing and handling

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confidentiality and chain of custody

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  • good sensitivity with marginal specificity
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screening assay

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  • high sensitivity and specificity
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confirmatory assay

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qualitative and quantitative info

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confirmatory assay

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different from screening procedure

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confirmatory assay

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  • rapid, stat, screening methods
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  1. Emergency Room testing
83
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  • EMIT, FPIA and TLC
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  1. Emergency Room testing
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LEVELS OF DRUG TESTING

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  1. Emergency Room testing
  2. Forensic testing
85
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  • confirmatory methods
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  1. Forensic testing
86
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  • HPLC and GC-MS
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  1. Forensic testing
87
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  1. TLC
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0.2 – 5 (mg/dL)

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  1. EIA
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0.025 – 5 (mg/dL)

89
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  1. HPLC
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0.02 – 10 (mg/dL)

90
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  1. GC
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0.01 – 10 (mg/dL)

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  1. GC-MS
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0.001 – 5 (mg/dL)

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