Forensic drug testing. A technician analyses samples of suspected illegal narcotics by infrared spectroscopy. Spectral analysis such as this can ident

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Forensic drug testing. A technician analyses samples of suspected illegal narcotics by infrared spectroscopy. Spectral analysis such as this can identify unknown compounds in mixtures or from evidence samples. As such, the technique is widely used in forensic science. Photographed at the narcotics research unit of the Common Service Laboratories of the Ministry of Economy, Finance and Industry, Paris, France.

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