After participating in this module, students should understand the following:
- How drugs get transported from the bloodstream to specific cells in the body
- The nature of capillary membranes that allows drugs to pass through them into cells
- How hair is made
- How the color of hair is produced
- Why drugs that are weak bases bind to hair pigment
- How volatile forms of drugs in the air can be incorporated into hair
This module integrates information from the following areas: anatomy, cell biology, chemistry, biochemistry, physics, forensic chemistry, public health
