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Re:How to Tell a Mother Her Child Is Dead by Symbiote on Sunday September 04, 2016 @04:54AM (#12423433)
An additional problem is it says only police are allowed to buy the kit.

Seems strange, when tests for other drugs are available.

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Re:How to Tell a Mother Her Child Is Dead by dzmien on Monday September 05, 2016 @07:37AM (#12429573)
It probably uses a marquis reagent, which could theoretically be made at home, as it is just a mixture of formaldehyde and sulfuric acid[0]. There are also websites[1] that have a key describing the colors that a number of substances produce on reaction with various reagents.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marquis_reagent

[1] https://dancesafe.org/testing-kit-instructions/

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