Amphetamines are prescribed for people who are diagnosed with either attention deficit disorder (ADD) or attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) to help them focus on daily activities. While most people use their medication for a documented medical condition, some patients take the drug for the �high� it produces, or they sell their medication for money to others. At times the drug is added to alcoholic beverages to produce this effect. It can be added clandestinely to the beverage of others also. Amphetamines have been detected in urine, hair, and saliva samples using Gas Chromatography- mass spectrometry (GC/MS) and High-Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC). My goal is to create a method to detect Adderall (a mixture of d-amphetamine hemisulfate and amphetamine) and methamphetamine using GC and HPLC in beer and vodka.

Determination of amphetamines in an alcoholic beverage

243rd National Meeting (2012)

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