TOX 415 Forensic Pharmacology

9 hours: 3 hours lecture; 6 hours laboratory

The basic principles of pharmacology of drugs of abuse, including cocaine, marijuana, sedatives, narcotics, stimulants, antidepressants, as well as chemicals such as alcohol, metals and designer drugs. Analysis of these chemicals and drugs in a variety of biological specimens using methods such as thin layer chromatography, gas chromatography, mass-spectrometry and immunoassays.