Drug Analysis

Identifying drugs in the human body requires a lengthy sequence of tests and confirmations that can take weeks and even months, forensic experts said. Drug testing can be performed from small samples taken of your fingernails, saliva, or more commonly, your blood, urine, or hair. For a blood sample, a small amount of blood is taken from a vein in your arm or hand and is then sent to the laboratory for analysis. A drug test can also be used to evaluate possible accidental or intentional overdose or poisonings


Personal Reflection

For the Drug Analysis lab we had to test for Cocaine and LSD through six stations. If the substance was Cocaine the dissolved substance would turn blue and if it was LSD it would turn yellow. We also tested the PH of the drug because we need to find out if it was a base or acid.

This is the graph we made to take down the information about the six drugs we tested for LSD or Cocaine.

This is us testing the PH of the unknown substance.