Color Spot Test As a Presumptive Tool for the Rapid Detection of Synthetic CathinonesMorgan Philp 1, Ronald Shimmon 1, Mark Tahtouh 2, Shanlin Fu 1
1Centre for Forensic Science, University of Technology Sydney (UTS), 2Australian Federal Police (AFP)
Here we present a simple, inexpensive, and selective chemical spot test protocol for the detection of synthetic cathinones, a class of new psychoactive substances. The protocol is suitable for use in various areas of law enforcement that encounter illicit material.
