Open AccessPositive Screening Tests for Barbiturates in Urine Samples in the York Area over a 1-Year Period
Author(s) -
Ian Holbrook,
Margaret Sinclair,
Paul Turley,
Tony Tetlow
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
annals of clinical biochemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1758-1001
pISSN - 0004-5632
DOI - 10.1177/000456320103800515
Subject(s) - barbiturate , urine , heroin , morphine , medicine , period (music) , drugs of abuse , emergency medicine , anesthesia , pharmacology , drug , physics , acoustics
Following the screening of urine samples for a panel of drugs over a period of 1 year, a peak was observed during December 1999 and January 2000 in the numbers of samples testing positive for both morphine and barbiturates. This increase may be due to the adulteration of street heroin with barbiturate during this period.