title: The isolation and identification of lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) from sugar cubes and a liquid substrate.
abstract: This report describes a simplified extraction technique for the analysis of LSD by GC/MS. The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division Forensic Laboratory recently received two suspected LSD cases involving four sugar cubes and seven food coloring bottles each containing a liquid substance. Following the extraction described in this report, both cases were subsequently confirmed by GC/MS and quantitated by HPLC.
authors.affiliation: South Carolina Law Enforcement Division, Columbia.
authors.forename: S D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Kilmer
mesh_terms: D002241:Carbohydrates / Q000032:analysis*; D002849:Chromatography, Gas; D005505:Food Coloring Agents / Q000032:analysis*; D005554:Forensic Medicine; D008238:Lysergic Acid Diethylamide / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013058:Mass Spectrometry
chemical_list: D002241:Carbohydrates; D005505:Food Coloring Agents; D008238:Lysergic Acid Diethylamide