United Nations International Drug Control Programme. Scientific Section

Drug Characterization/impurity Profiling

Background and Concepts ; Manual for Use by National Laboratories and Drug Testing Laboratories

This booklet provides an introduction to the concept and operational value of characterisation/impurity profiling of seized drugs. It is aimed at law ...

Drug Characterization/impurity Profiling

Background and Concepts for Use by National Laboratories

Drug characterisation studies can provide information useful for drug law enforcement authorities. Chemical links between samples can be established a...

Guidelines for Yield Assessment of Opium Gum and Coca Leaf

From Brief Field Visits

Internationally accepted, scientifically sound methods for yield assessment are currently not available for all major opium and cocaine producing coun...