A VALIDATED METHOD FOR SYNTHETIC CANNABINOIDS IN FORENSIC CASES

Yıl 2017, Cilt: Volume 2 Sayı: İssue 1 (1) - 2.İnternational Congress Of Forensic Toxicology, 87 - 87, 16.02.2017

Mukaddes Gürler

Öz

The "new
generation" synthetic cannabinoid called “bonsai” which is especially
popular in the last few years in Turkey, is concerned as a threat to public
health by increasing the use. Synthetic cannabinoids are man-made
mind-altering chemicals that are either sprayed on dried, shredded plant
material that can be smoked or sold as liquids to be vaporized and inhaled. In
particular, they are common among teens and young and sold with warranties of
pleasure given by arbitrary marijuana. Therefore, urgent health problems or
deaths and crime rates are common in children and adolescents who are under
effect of substances and not aware of their leading dangerous. However, these
cases are not used for routine confirmation tests to determine the exact use of
synthetic cannabinoids. Thereby our knowledge about the actual utilization
rates remains low. Our laboratory is one of the first laboratories to establish
the confirmation tests for synthetic cannabinoids in Turkey. We developed and
validated a LC-MS-MS method by which we can determine fifteen synthetic
cannabinoids simultaneously for now and we will enlarge our test panel in
future due to the growing number of these designer drugs.

Anahtar Kelimeler

A VALIDATED METHOD FOR SYNTHETIC CANNABINOIDS IN FORENSIC CASES

Kaynakça

• Mukaddes GÜRLER Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University