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Review Questions
1. What are club drugs? What are some of the factors that support the use of club drugs?
Club drugs are synthetic drugs that are typically used in bars, night clubs, and at raves. Some people say that the reason that they take these drugs is so that their party experience is heightened or enhanced.
2. What are screening tests? Why are they used?
Screen-test are test that help forensic scientist to identify what the substance most likely is, they are used to identify the drug that has been used.
3. What are color tests? Why are these tests used?
Color test use a chemical reagent to the drug and observing whether or not the material changes color. These tests are used at crime scenes so that they can document the drug substances that were found at the scene.
4. What are microcrystalline tests? What information do they provide?
Microcrystalline test involve exposing the substance to a reagent and then examine the color and the morphology of the crystals that were formed. They provide the size, color, and shape of the crystals; this is useful because the crystals differ from drug to drug.
5. What is spectrophotometry? How can this be useful in identifying drugs?
Spectrophotometry is a drug test that uses ultraviolet and infrared light. This test tells whether a drug is present or not, and then can be used to compare the measurements of different drugs.
Critical Thinking Questions
1. Why are forensic scientists an important part of drug cases?
Why forensic scientists are an important part in drug cases is because they hold the ability to tell whether or not the drug is present. They have to be able to back their findings up with evidence suitable in the court of law.
2. If you were a forensic scientist and you were called to a crime scene to see if drugs were present, what would you do to determine this?
I would use the Spectrophotometry test to tell whether a drug is present at the scene.
3. Why is it important for forensic scientists to
1. What are club drugs? What are some of the factors that support the use of club drugs?
Club drugs are synthetic drugs that are typically used in bars, night clubs, and at raves. Some people say that the reason that they take these drugs is so that their party experience is heightened or enhanced.
2. What are screening tests? Why are they used?
Screen-test are test that help forensic scientist to identify what the substance most likely is, they are used to identify the drug that has been used.
3. What are color tests? Why are these tests used?
Color test use a chemical reagent to the drug and observing whether or not the material changes color. These tests are used at crime scenes so that they can document the drug substances that were found at the scene.
4. What are microcrystalline tests? What information do they provide?
Microcrystalline test involve exposing the substance to a reagent and then examine the color and the morphology of the crystals that were formed. They provide the size, color, and shape of the crystals; this is useful because the crystals differ from drug to drug.
5. What is spectrophotometry? How can this be useful in identifying drugs?
Spectrophotometry is a drug test that uses ultraviolet and infrared light. This test tells whether a drug is present or not, and then can be used to compare the measurements of different drugs.
Critical Thinking Questions
1. Why are forensic scientists an important part of drug cases?
Why forensic scientists are an important part in drug cases is because they hold the ability to tell whether or not the drug is present. They have to be able to back their findings up with evidence suitable in the court of law.
2. If you were a forensic scientist and you were called to a crime scene to see if drugs were present, what would you do to determine this?
I would use the Spectrophotometry test to tell whether a drug is present at the scene.
3. Why is it important for forensic scientists to