GC-MS – Still standing for clinical and forensic analysis: validation of a multidrug method to detect and quantify illicit drugs

An SPE-GC-MS analytical method using whole blood samples has been developed and validated to detect and quantify nineteen compounds belonging to the Drugs of Abuse (DA) groups of cocaine and metabolites, opiates and new psychoactive substances (NPS). The method detailed here is necessary because the recreational consumption of these DA has increased considerably in recent years and poly-drug-consumption is now very common. The method developed...