Operational scheme for general methods of extraction and identification of narcotics in nonbiological material

A review with 71 refs., of techniques used by the authors and others in forensic analyses of narcotic samples, with respect both to the detection and identification of specifically sought-for materials and to the general anal. of unknown samples. Specific analyses are described for Cannabis indica, amphetamines, cocaine, opium, and heroin. The applications of gas chromatog.-mass spectrometry, NMR and ir spectroscopy, and various chromatog. techniques to such assays are described.