Coast Guard drug detection demonstration

Commander Joseph Brown, associate professor of chemistry at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, demonstrates the use of a Smiths Detection Ionscan during an interview in one of the academy’s labs on Thursday, August 15, 2019. The Coast Guard uses the Ionscan devices to detect trace amounts of drugs on vessels suspected of smuggling drugs into the U.S. (Peter Huoppi/The Day)

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