Abstract:
A method and a device, for assessing whether a drug of abuse and/or a metabolite of a drug of abuse is present in a keratin material, where the method includes extracting a drug of abuse and/or a metabolite from a subject's keratin material, by prearranging an amount of the keratin material; prearranging an extraction composition; bringing the keratin material into contact with the extraction composition in order to obtain an extract that contains the drug of abuse and/or the metabolite, wherein the extraction composition contains a compound selected among urea and urea derivatives.