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Drug Analysis

Drug Analysis Webinar: Methodology Used for Presumptive Tests and Common Errors Observed

March 29, 2021 //  by Sarah Olson

Live webinar presented by Ed Brown, Ph.D.April 1, 2021, 1:00 pm60 min of CLE credit anticipated Materials: PowerPoint Slides This one-hour live webinar will provide attorneys having little science training with the basics about the various chemical analysis techniques employed by forensic laboratories and other contract labs around the US. Although a few technical details …

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Category: TrainingsForensic Discipline: Drug Analysis

Drug Analysis Webinar: Methodology Used for Presumptive Tests and Common Errors Observed

March 29, 2021 //  by Sarah Olson

Live webinar presented by Ed Brown, Ph.D.April 1, 2021, 1:00 pm60 min of CLE credit anticipated Materials: PowerPoint Slides This one-hour live webinar will provide attorneys having little science training with the basics about the various chemical analysis techniques employed by forensic laboratories and other contract labs around the US. Although a few technical details …

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Resource Category: TrainingsForensic Discipline: Drug Analysis

Safe, Efficient, Reliable: New Science in the Fight Against Killer Drugs

March 24, 2021 //  by Sarah Olson

NIST article about testing of drugs that may contain fentanyl or other dangerous synthetic opioids. The article contains video clips showing how powder substances can contaminate various surfaces in laboratories and addresses ways that labs work to eliminate contamination.

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Resource Category: Featured ArticlesResource Source: NISTForensic Discipline: Drug Analysis

Suffolk District Attorney Rachael Rollins to drop charges, convictions in tens of thousands of cases tied to troubled state lab

March 22, 2021 //  by Sarah Olson

Suffolk District Attorney Rachael Rollins to drop charges, convictions in tens of thousands of cases tied to troubled state labRead More

Article Source: Boston GlobeForensic Discipline: Crime Labs, Drug Analysis

Massachusetts crime lab scandal could widen as another chemist is investigated

January 14, 2021 //  by Sarah Olson

Massachusetts crime lab scandal could widen as another chemist is investigatedRead More

Article Source: Chemistry WorldForensic Discipline: Crime Labs, Drug Analysis

NIST Study Will Help Labs Distinguish Between Hemp and Marijuana

January 14, 2021 //  by Sarah Olson

NIST Study Will Help Labs Distinguish Between Hemp and MarijuanaRead More

Resource Category: Featured ArticlesResource Source: NISTForensic Discipline: Drug Analysis

Defending Drug Overdose Homicides Training

January 11, 2021 //  by Sarah Olson

Location: a Live NACDL Virtual EventDates: Runs weekly on Thursdays from January 28 – February 18, 2021Cost: Free Program Description: With opioid-related deaths devastating communities across the country, many legislatures, prosecutors, and law-enforcement officers are choosing to treat these accidental overdose deaths as homicides. Despite the fact that there is no empirical evidence to suggest that such prosecutions stem …

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Category: TrainingsForensic Discipline: Death Investigation, Drug Analysis, Toxicology

Defending Drug Overdose Homicides Training

January 8, 2021 //  by Sarah Olson

Live webinar, Sponsored by NACDL

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Resource Category: TrainingsResource Source: NACDLForensic Discipline: Death Investigation, Drug Analysis, Toxicology

Suffolk District Attorney Rachael Rollins looking into third chemist at state drug lab

December 17, 2020 //  by Sarah Olson

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Article Source: Boston GlobeForensic Discipline: Crime Labs, Drug Analysis

Anatomy of a Crime Lab: Winning Convictions ‘On the Cheap’

December 15, 2020 //  by Sarah Olson

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Article Source: The Crime ReportForensic Discipline: Crime Labs, Drug Analysis

‘Cog In A Wheel’: 3 Ex-Prosecutors, Facing Potential Discipline For Drug Lab Scandal, Blame System Or Each Other

December 4, 2020 //  by Sarah Olson

‘Cog In A Wheel’: 3 Ex-Prosecutors, Facing Potential Discipline For Drug Lab Scandal, Blame System Or Each OtherRead More

Article Source: WBURForensic Discipline: Crime Labs, Drug Analysis

San Francisco DA Posts List Of Cases Possibly Impacted By Forensic Lab Analyst Misconduct

November 20, 2020 //  by Sarah Olson

San Francisco DA Posts List Of Cases Possibly Impacted By Forensic Lab Analyst MisconductRead More

Forensic Discipline: Crime Labs, Drug Analysis

108 Convictions Tied to Massachusetts Chemist’s Misconduct May Be Vacated

November 17, 2020 //  by Sarah Olson

108 Convictions Tied to Massachusetts Chemist’s Misconduct May Be VacatedRead More

Article Source: New York TimesForensic Discipline: Crime Labs, Drug Analysis

Challenging an officer’s identification of marijuana by sight or smell

November 16, 2020 //  by Sarah Olson

There have been several posts on this and related topics here and here. This post will attempt to compile all of the resources and walk attorneys through the process of making these challenges. N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90-87(16) provides the statutory definition of marijuana, specifically excluding from its definition industrial hemp. Industrial hemp, as defined in …

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Category: Motions & Briefs, Practice TipsForensic Discipline: Drug Analysis

Does Illinois’ pot law pass the smell test? Scent of weed can still prompt cops to search vehicles

October 27, 2020 //  by Sarah Olson

Does Illinois’ pot law pass the smell test? Scent of weed can still prompt cops to search vehiclesRead More

Article Source: Chicago Sun TimesForensic Discipline: Drug Analysis

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