Rapid Method of Forensic Toxicology in Post-Mortem Individuals Using Muscle Tissue Testing

A rapid method for the detection and quantification of non-naturally occurring drugs for forensic drug testing in a post-mortem individual using muscle tissue and associated fluid obtained from remains of the post-mortem individual, comprising:

• obtaining a sample of muscle tissue and fluid associated with the muscle tissue from remains of a post-mortem individual;
• collecting the muscle tissue fluid for analysis;
• analyzing the muscle tissue fluid qualitatively to detect the presence of non-naturally occurring drugs in the post-mortem individual;
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• analyzing the muscle tissue fluid quantitatively to determine the concentration of non-naturally occurring drugs in the post-mortem individual;
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• identifying the one or more non-naturally occurring drugs in the post-mortem individual, wherein detection and quantification in the muscle tissue fluid is faster than detection and quantification of the non-naturally occurring drugs in muscle tissue obtained from the same post-mortem individual and prepared as muscle tissue homogenates using the same detection and quantification analyses, wherein results are obtained in as soon as three hours.