VICE AND DRUG EDUCATION MIDTERM Flashcards
Drug Identification is a branch of Forensic Chemistry that deals with the scientific examination of drugs and volatile substances.
Drug Identification
is usually conducted by a forensic chemist/chemical officer to determine the presence of dangerous drug on submitted specimens.
Drug Identification
Republic Act No. 9165, otherwise known as Comprehensive Dangerous Act of 2002
Republic Act No. 9165
administer refers to any act of introducing any dangerous drugs into the body of any person, with or without his/her knowledge by injection, inhalation, ingestion or other means or of committing any act of indispensable assistance to a person in administering a dangerous drug to himself/herslef unless administered by a duly licensed practitioner for purposes of medication.
Comprehensive Dangerous Act of 2002,
How drug is being Administered/taken?
1. Oral Ingestion
2. Intravenous/Injection
3. Inhalation (smoking, snorting, sniffing)
4. Snorting
5. Buccal
6. Suppositories
- Oral Ingestion
2. Intravenous/Injection
3. Inhalation (smoking, snorting, sniffing)
4. Snorting
5. Buccal
6. Suppositories
- The drug is taken by the mouth and must pass through the stomach before being absorbed into the bloodstream. This is one of the most common ways of taking drugs
Oral Ingestion
- A drug in gaseous from enters the lungs and is quickly absorbed by the capillary system. It is probably the second most commonly-used route of drug administration.
Inhalation
- The drug can be administered into the body by the use of a syringe or hypodermic needle.
Injection
- Drug is adminietered by placing it in the buccal cavity just under the lips.
Buccal
- Drug is administered through the vagina or rectum in suppository form and the drug is also absorbed into the bloodstream.
Suppositories
SAMPLES SPECIMENS
- Blood
* Fingernails
* Hair
* Saliva
* Sweat
* Tissue
* Urine (almost 99%)
Methods of Examination- there are two (2) methods of laboratory examination of suspected dangerous drugs namely;
a. Qualitative Examination
b. Quantitative Examination
Two (2) phases in the examination of the suspected dangerous drugs.
Screening test/Preliminary test
Confirmatory Test
t (also known as the color test)- This test is non-specific and preliminary in nature. It is employed to reduce the family or group of drug to a small and manageable number.
Screening test/Preliminary tes
- is the method employed to confirm the results of the screening/preliminary test. This test involves the application of an analytical procedure to identify the presence of a specific drug or metabolites
Confirmatory Test
- is the process of separating mixture and comparing the migration of each components with standard.
Chromatography
Gas Chromatography- it is a separation technique, the mobile phase is a gas, separation is basekkd on the difference in migration rates among sample components.
Gas Chromatography