Drug Abuse HandbookSteven B. Karch, MD, FFFLM This is the handbook that professionals who deal with problems related to drugs and drug abuse have been waiting for. The impressive list of more than 80 contributors, each experts and leaders in their field, testifies to the importance of this outstanding new handbook. The volume contains detailed discussions of drug-related issues in criminalistics, pathology, and toxicology. Impairment testing and the pharmacokinetics of abused drugs are examined in detail, as is the field of workplace drug testing, the use of alternate testing matrices, drugs in sports, addiction medicine, and drug-related medical emergencies. The handbook focuses on the most urgent drug abuse-related problems of today Whether you are approaching the issue of drug abuse from a medical, psychological, toxicological, or legal perspective, the Drug Abuse Handbook is the most authoritative and complete resource available. |
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... cocaine come from ? ( 2 ) How is cocaine isolated from the coca plant ? ( 3 ) What does one take into the body from cocaine purchased on the street ? ( 4 ) How does the chemist analyzing the drug identify and distinguish between the ...
... cocaine come from ? ( 2 ) How is cocaine isolated from the coca plant ? ( 3 ) What does one take into the body from cocaine purchased on the street ? ( 4 ) How does the chemist analyzing the drug identify and distinguish between the ...
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... cocaine . While cultivated in many countries of South America , Peru and Bolivia are the world's leading producers of the coca plant . Cocaine is present in the coca leaves from these countries at dry weight concentrations of from 0.1 ...
... cocaine . While cultivated in many countries of South America , Peru and Bolivia are the world's leading producers of the coca plant . Cocaine is present in the coca leaves from these countries at dry weight concentrations of from 0.1 ...
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... cocaine , with the remainder of the cocaine matrix composed primarily of other alkaloids , hydrolysis products , and basic inorganic salts used in the processing . This solid material is isolated by filtration for purification of the ...
... cocaine , with the remainder of the cocaine matrix composed primarily of other alkaloids , hydrolysis products , and basic inorganic salts used in the processing . This solid material is isolated by filtration for purification of the ...
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... cocaine base which has been converted from the cocaine hydrochloride and can be smoked in a pipe . This procedure of conversion from the acid to the base is usually carried out in the U.S. Cocaine base usually appears in the form of a ...
... cocaine base which has been converted from the cocaine hydrochloride and can be smoked in a pipe . This procedure of conversion from the acid to the base is usually carried out in the U.S. Cocaine base usually appears in the form of a ...
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... cocaine , just in the leaf . The second class of substances found in the analysis of cocaine samples is the result of degradation or hydrolysis . Ecgonine , benzoylecgonine , and methylecgonine found in cocaine samples will be the ...
... cocaine , just in the leaf . The second class of substances found in the analysis of cocaine samples is the result of degradation or hydrolysis . Ecgonine , benzoylecgonine , and methylecgonine found in cocaine samples will be the ...
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Page 15 - ... but shall not include the mature stalks of such plant, fiber produced from such stalks, oil, or cake made from the seeds of such plant, any other compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation of such mature stalks (except the resin extracted therefrom), fiber, oil, or cake, or the sterilized seed of such plant which is incapable of germination.
Page 15 - marihuana" means all parts of the plant Cannabis sativa L., whether growing or not; the seeds thereof; the resin extracted from any part of such plant; and every compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation of such plant, its seeds, or resin...
Page 10 - Opium poppy and poppy straw. (4) Coca leaves and any salt, compound, derivative, or preparation of coca leaves, and any salt, compound, derivative, or preparation thereof which is chemically equivalent or identical with any of these substances, except that the substances shall not include decocainized coca leaves or extraction of coca leaves, which extractions do not contain cocaine or ecgonine.