Mastery Objectives / Critical Skills
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Distinguish between illegal and illicit uses of drugs
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Compare and contrast the ideas of physical and psychological drug dependence.
- Summarize the contents of the Controlled Substance Act and associated penalties.
- Identify routes of entry for drugs to get into the body.
- List and give at least one example of each of the five categories of drugs encountered in forensic investigations.
- Nerve Biology: Identify and explain the mechanisms of signal transmission through and between nerves
- Identify and describe various presumptive and confirmatory tests to identify specific drugs
- Explain the process of chromatography as a way to separate substances in a complex drug-laced mixture.
- Understand how the identity of an unknown substance can be determined, based on a comparison with known substances using spectrophotometry and mass spectroscopy data.
- Identify which human biological samples can be used for drug testing.
- List the critical steps in the collection and preservation of drug evidence.
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