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Controlled Substances Standard Operating Procedures Forensic Analysis Division Controlled Substances Standard Operating Procedures Forensic Analysis Division Table of Contents 1. Goals and Objectives ................................................................................................................................. 8 1.1. Goals ............................................................................................................................................. 8 1.2. Objectives ..................................................................................................................................... 8 2. Evidence Handling ................................................................................................................................... 10 2.1 Scope .......................................................................................................................................... 10 2.2. Submission of Evidence ................................................................................................................... 10 2.3. Receiving Evidence ........................................................................................................................... 10 2.4. Cases Containing Currency, Valuables, Large Items, and Bullets .................................................... 11 2.5. Cases Requiring Examination for Latent Prints ................................................................................ 12 2.6. Cases Containing Possible Biohazards ............................................................................................. 12 2.7. Return of Evidence to the Submitting Agency ................................................................................. 13 2.8. Related Documents .......................................................................................................................... 13 3. Analysis Guidelines ................................................................................................................................. 14 3.1. Scope ................................................................................................................................................ 14 3.2. Safety ............................................................................................................................................... 14 3.3. Procedure ......................................................................................................................................... 14 3.4. Sampling Guidelines ......................................................................................................................... 15 3.5. Basic Analytical Scheme (Powders, Liquids, Tar and Chunk Substance) .......................................... 17 3.6. Drug Residues .................................................................................................................................. 19 3.7. Plant Substance and Plant Substance Residues ............................................................................... 20 3.8. Tablets and Capsules – General ....................................................................................................... 22 3.9. Pharmaceutical Tablets and Capsules .............................................................................................. 22 3.10. Clandestine Tablets and Capsules .................................................................................................. 23 3.11. No Controlled Substance Identification ......................................................................................... 24 3.12. Literature and Supporting Documentation .................................................................................... 24 3.13. Related Documents ........................................................................................................................ 25 4. Case Documentation ............................................................................................................................... 26 4.1. Scope ................................................................................................................................................ 26 4.2. Contents of Case Folder ................................................................................................................... 26 4.3. Technical Review .............................................................................................................................. 26 4.4. Administrative Review ..................................................................................................................... 27 4.5. Administrative and Technical Review Issues ................................................................................... 28 Controlled Substances Standard Operating Procedures FAD-CS-SOP Issued By: Manager – Controlled Substances Issue Date: October 23, 2015 Uncontrolled When Printed Page 2 of 121 Controlled Substances Standard Operating Procedures Forensic Analysis Division 4.6. Report Modification Records ........................................................................................................... 28 4.7. Page Numbering of Examination Documents .................................................................................. 28 4.8. Related Documents .......................................................................................................................... 29 5. Controlled Substances Worksheets ........................................................................................................ 30 5.1. Scope ................................................................................................................................................ 30 5.2. Controlled Substances Examination Sheet ...................................................................................... 30 5.3. Controlled Substances Notes Sheet ................................................................................................. 34 5.4. Controlled Substances Marihuana Checklist ................................................................................... 34 5.5. Related Documents .......................................................................................................................... 35 6. Instrument Performance and Maintenance ........................................................................................... 36 6.1. Scope ................................................................................................................................................ 36 6.2. General Requirements for Analytical Instrumentation ................................................................... 36 6.3. UV/VIS Spectrophotometer ............................................................................................................. 36 6.4. FTIR Spectrometer ........................................................................................................................... 36 6.5. Gas Chromatography/Flame Ionization Detector (GC/FID) ............................................................. 37 6.6. Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry (GC/MS) ....................................................................... 37 6.7. Balances ........................................................................................................................................... 38 6.8. Pipettes ............................................................................................................................................ 40 6.9. Malfunction of an Instrument, Pipet, or Balance ............................................................................ 41 6.10. Related Documents ........................................................................................................................ 41 7. Gas Chromatography (GC) for Quantitation of Codeine in Liquids ........................................................ 42 7.1. Scope ................................................................................................................................................ 42 7.2. Safety ............................................................................................................................................... 42 7.3. Equipment, Materials, and Reagents ............................................................................................... 42 7.4. Standards, Controls, and Calibration ............................................................................................... 42 7.5. Procedure ......................................................................................................................................... 45 7.6. Interpretation................................................................................................................................... 46 7.7. Estimation of the Uncertainty of Measurement (UM) .................................................................... 47 7.8. Limitations........................................................................................................................................ 47 7.9. Advantages ....................................................................................................................................... 47 7.10. Literature and Supporting Documentation .................................................................................... 48 7.11. Related Documents .......................................................................................................................