Agilent Technologies has published a gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS) compendium to test for synthetic cannabinoids.
Synthetic marijuana compounds were recently declared controlled substances by the US Drug Enforcement Agency and are most commonly found in herbal incense blends.
The compendium, which is available at no cost to qualified forensics laboratories, contains detailed procedures for sample preparation and GC/MS method, plus a searchable mass-spectral library to test for 35 synthetic cannabinoids and their derivatives.
The method and library were developed in collaboration with the criminalistics division of NMS Labs, an independent forensic laboratory certified by the American Board of Forensic Toxicology and the American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors.
A free copy on CD can be ordered from the Agilent Technologies website.
