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Methamphetamine Identification in Four Forensic Cases
Long, C
Director of Toxicology, Saint Louis University Medical School, Department of Pathology, Forensic Toxicology Laboratory, MO

Crifasi, J
Certified Forensic Toxicology Specialist, Saint Louis University Medical School, Department of Pathology, Forensic Toxicology Laboratory, MO

(Received 3 July 1995; accepted 15 November 1995)

Abstract

Specimens that tested positive for amphetamines by immunoassay were confirmed by mass spectrometry. The absence of detectable d-amphetamine (limit of detection at 50 ng/mL) with a positive methamphetamine prompted further testing by chiral derivatization. This data demonstrates that d-amphetamine need not be present in methamphetamine positive cases.

Keywords:
forensic science, methamphetamine, amphetamine, isomers, forensic toxicology

Paper ID: JFS13987J
DOI: 10.1520/JFS13987J
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