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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... evaluating precursors , possible synthetic routes , and theoretical yields in these syntheses . At this phase of the evaluation , medical uses are also evaluated . The next three factors- ( 1 ) history and patterns of abuse ; ( 2 ) ...
... evaluating precursors , possible synthetic routes , and theoretical yields in these syntheses . At this phase of the evaluation , medical uses are also evaluated . The next three factors- ( 1 ) history and patterns of abuse ; ( 2 ) ...
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... evaluating an NMR proton spectrum , an analyst can determine an important factor that facilitates the identification of ... evaluation enables an analyst to determine the number of carbons and their relative positioning in the molecule ...
... evaluating an NMR proton spectrum , an analyst can determine an important factor that facilitates the identification of ... evaluation enables an analyst to determine the number of carbons and their relative positioning in the molecule ...
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... evaluate the trace components of the exhibits , ccGC is usually the method of choice , both because of its resolving power and ... evaluation . This process isolates the precursors , solvents , and respective contaminants , by - products ...
... evaluate the trace components of the exhibits , ccGC is usually the method of choice , both because of its resolving power and ... evaluation . This process isolates the precursors , solvents , and respective contaminants , by - products ...
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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.