If you are working as a forensic
scientist and are given an unknown powder from a crime scene, what would you
hope to find out about the powder?
If I am working as a forensic
scientist and I am given an unknown
powder, I would analyze this and hope to find out where did this belong.
You find that the unknown powder
contains the illegal drug cocaine. If someone where to ask you to determine the
purity of the substance, what would they mean? Why is purity important in crime
investigations?
The purity of the substance
would mean that how much of the main component of cocaine is present in this
powder. Purity is important in crime investigations because it will help you
determine how much of the main component is present in that substance, the main
component is the active ingredient of that substance.
Of the controlled substances, which schedule of drugs is the average person
most likely to have in their homes? How are the controlled substances in this
group different from those in the other schedule levels?
The schedule of drugs that is
mostly present at home is antibiotics.
