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A hallucinogen is any agent that acts on the central nervous system to produce hallucinations and other disturbances of the thought processes. Some well-known examples include LSD, MDMA ("Ecstasy"), and PCP ("Angel Dust"). This unique handbook is a comprehensive, well-rounded reference source for everyone involved in the identification, collection, investigation, and forensic analysis of drugs, and for specialists in drug addiction and abuse. Hallucinogens consolidates information on the production, manufacture, pharmacology, and chemistry of these drugs, and outlines detailed drug analysis…mehr

Produktbeschreibung
A hallucinogen is any agent that acts on the central nervous system to produce hallucinations and other disturbances of the thought processes. Some well-known examples include LSD, MDMA ("Ecstasy"), and PCP ("Angel Dust"). This unique handbook is a comprehensive, well-rounded reference source for everyone involved in the identification, collection, investigation, and forensic analysis of drugs, and for specialists in drug addiction and abuse. Hallucinogens consolidates information on the production, manufacture, pharmacology, and chemistry of these drugs, and outlines detailed drug analysis procedures for the practicing forensic scientist. Contributions from the world's leading investigators and analysts provide a global perspective on the fight against drugs.
Autorenporträt
Richard Laing is an Analytical Specialist with Health Canada's Drug Analysis Service Laboratory in Burnaby, BC and has an MSc specializing in the Mass Spectrometry and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance spectroscopy of natural products. He has spent the last twelve years working in clandestine laboratory investigations and is recognized as a leading Canadian expert in this field. His experience and seizure of clandestine laboratories transcends many drug types including Methamphetamine, Ecstasy, LSD, and Psilocybin production. Richard is a member on the International forensic drug standard setting committee SWGDrug. Richard also is a faculty member at the British Columbia Institute of Technology in the Faculty of Forensic Science.
Jay A. Siegel, Ph.D. has been teaching forensic science at the college level for nearly 30 years. In 2005, he retired from Michigan State University after 25 years of directing the forensic science program. He is a Fellow in the American Academy of Forensic Sciences and was the 2004 recipient of the Paul Kirk Award for distinguished service to the Criminalistics section. He is a Distinguished Member of the Southwestern Association of Forensic Sciences and a member of the International Association for Identification and the Forensic Science Society (UK). He is also the Editor-in-Chief of Academic Press's Encyclopedia of Forensic Sciences. Dr. Siegel currently serves as the Director of the Forensic and Investigative Sciences Program at Indiana University - Purdue University Indianopolis.