This book provides a comprehensive guide to the analysis of controlled drugs, covering trends, legislation, and analytical methods for substances such as amphetamines, LSD, cannabis, heroin, cocaine, cathinones, psilocybin, and pharmaceutical drugs like barbiturates and benzodiazepines. It includes chapters on presumptive color tests, less-common controlled substances, self-assessment questions, a bibliography, and reference materials. The text serves as a reference for forensic and analytical chemists.
This chapter describes methods for identifying mushrooms that contain psilocybin and psilocin. It covers identification of fungal species based on physical characteristics, chemical analysis to detect psilocin and psilocybin, quantification of these compounds using high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), and DNA profiling to identify psilocybin- and psilocin-containing fungi.