Manuals, Guidelines and Publications

Analysis of drugs in seized material

• ATS and their precursors

• Cannabis

• Cocaine

• Heroin, morphine and opium

• Other drugs

Analysis of drugs in biological specimen

Quality assurance

Other tools and publications

• Bulletin on Narcotics

• Amphetamine-type stimulants (ATS)

• Capacity building

• Crime scene

• Disposal

• Licit drug control

• Precursors and illicit manufacture

• Profiling

• Yield assessment

• Terminology and information on drugs

Selected scientific articles ('Selected Bibliographies')

Archive

 

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Analysis of drugs in seized material

• Guidelines on Representative Drug Sampling (to be published in 2008)
• Rapid Testing Methods of Drugs of Abuse
• Chemistry and Reaction Mechanisms of Rapid Tests for Drugs of Abuse and Precursor Chemicals

ATS and their precursors

• Recommended Methods for The Identification and Analysis of Amphetamine, Methamphetamine and Their Ring-Substituted Analogues in Seized Materials (revised and updated)
• Colour tests for precursor chemicals of Amphetamine-Type Substances: Ephedrine-Derivatives
• Colour tests for precursor chemicals of Amphetamine-Type Substances: safrole and safrole-rich essential oils
• A practical guide to methamphetamine characterization/impurity profiling
• Psychotropic Substances of the Amphetamine Type used by Drug Addicts in Bulgaria - Synthesis and Medicinal Forms Analytical Methods of Identification
• Studies on Fenetylline, Part I: Selected Methods for Identification in Illicit Samples

Cannabis

• Recommended Methods for Testing Cannabis (revised and updated version to be published in 2008)

Cocaine

• Recommended Methods for Testing Cocaine
• Methods for Impurity Profiling of Heroin and Cocaine

Heroin, morphine and opium

• Recommended Methods for Testing Opium, Morphine and Heroin
• Methods for Impurity Profiling of Heroin and Cocaine
• Some Aspects of the Gas Chromatographic (GC) Analysis of Heroin

Other drugs

• Recommended Methods for Testing Barbiturate Derivatives under International Control
• Recommended Methods for Testing Benzodiazepine Derivatives under International Control
• The Identification and Analysis of Benzodiazepines under International Control: I. Colour Tests and Chromatographic Methods
• Recommended Methods for Testing Lysergide (LSD)
• Recommended Methods for Testing Methaqualone/Mecloqualone
• Studies on Colour Tests for Field Detection of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances under International Control (No. II). Screening Colour Test and Specific Colour Test for the Detection of Non-barbiturate Sedatives and Hypnotics: Methaqualone and Mecloqualone
• Recommended Methods for Testing Peyote Cactus (Mescal Buttons)/Mescaline and Psilocybe Mushrooms/Psilocybin
• Screening Colour Test for the Detection of Psychostimulants Pemoline, Fenozolone and Thozalinone

Analysis of drugs in biological specimen

• Recommended Methods for the Detection and Assay of Barbiturates and Benzodiazepines in Biological Specimens
• Recommended Methods for the Detection and Assay of Heroin, Cannabinoids, Cocaine, Amphetamine, Methamphetamine and Ring-Substituted Amphetamine Derivatives in Biological Specimens
• Recommended Methods for the Detection and Assay of Lysergide (LSD), Phencyclidine (PCP), Psilocybin and Methaqualone in Biological Specimens
• Guidelines for Testing Drugs Under International Control in Hair, Sweat and Saliva
• Rapid On-site Screening of Drugs of Abuse

Quality assurance

• Brochure on the International Quality assurance Programme
• Protocol for the International Collaborative Exercises within the International Quality assurance Programme (revised and updated version to be published in 2009)
• Guidelines for the implementation of a quality assurance system in drug testing laboratories (to be published in 2009)
• Validation of analytical methodology and calibration of equipment used for testing of illicit drugs in seized materials and biological specimen (to be published in 2009)
• Recommended Guidelines for Quality assurance and Good Laboratory Practices
• Glossary of Terms for Quality Assurance and Good Laboratory Practices (revised and updated version to be published in 2009)

Other tools and publications

• Bulletin on Narcotics

 

• Terminology and Information on Drugs

Amphetamine-type stimulants (ATS)

• Amphetamines and Ecstasy - 2008 Global ATS Assessment
• Ecstasy and Amphetamines - Global Survey 2003
• Understanding clandestine synthetic drugs

Capacity building

• Staff Skill Requirements and Basic Equipment for Narcotics Laboratories (Revised and updated version entitled 'Staff Skill Requirements and Equipment Recommendations for Forensic Science Laboratories' to be published in 2009)
• Questionnaires on the status of national laboratory services

Crime scene

• Crime scene and physical evidence awareness for non forensic personnel (to be published in 2009)

Disposal

• Guidelines For Safe Handling And Disposal Of Chemicals Used In The Illicit Manufacture Of Drugs

Licit drug control

• Multilingual Dictionary of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Under International Control (MLD)
• Guidelines for the import and export of drug and precursor reference standards

Precursors and illicit manufacture

• Clandestine Manufacture of Substances under International Control
• Data Sheets on Substances Frequently Used in the Illicit Manufacture of Narcotic Drugs or Psychotropic Substances
• Basic Information on Essential Chemicals/Precursors of the 1988 Convention for Use by Law Enforcement Officers

Profiling

• Drug Characterization/Impurity Profiling Background and Concepts

Yield assessment

• Guidelines for Yield Assessment of Opium Gum and Coca Leaf from Brief Field Visits
• Limited Opium Yield Assessment Surveys - Technical Report: Observations and Findings. Guidance for Future Activities

Selected scientific articles ('Selected Bibliographies')

Within the framework of assistance to Member States, and upon request, UNODC Laboratory and Scientific Section makes available selected articles on the analysis of drugs of abuse in seized material and biological specimens.

Requests for selected articles should be addressed to Laboratory and Scientific Section through the link below, indicating the address where the articles should be send to.

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