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Drug Analysis
Weighing Marijuana Reference
This document provides the relevant statutes and summarizes the case law on the issue of how marijuana should be weighed. It addresses issues such as whether water weight and mature stalks should be included. Links to the State Crime Lab’s relevant procedures are provided, as well as contact information of experts who are available to …
Drug Analysis
Drug analysis is the testing of a suspected controlled substance to determine its composition. For information about forensic toxicology, or the testing of bodily fluids for controlled substances, click here. Understanding Test Results Every analysis of a suspected controlled substance should consist of at least two tests. The first is a presumptive or screening test which …
Forensic Toxicology Online Symposium
RTI International is offering their 2nd Annual Online Symposium: Current Trends in Forensics & Forensic Toxicology program May 13-17, 2019. The program is free of charge. The program will feature speakers on various topics of toxicology and seized drug analysis. The program is intended for laboratory scientists who work in these fields so that they can receive …
Crime lab technician gets 16 months for stealing drugs
Florida woman faced 10 years for ‘meth’ that was ‘just a rock’
Dr. Frederic Whitehurst
Bethany P. Pridgen, MFS
Guy Oldaker, Ph.D.
Edward G. Brown, Ph.D.
Independent testing of blood for drugs or alcohol when a client is in custody
In some cases, an attorney needs a defendant’s blood to be collected for independent toxicology testing immediately after arrest and no specimen has been collected by the state. The presence of a controlled/impairing substance and its metabolites will dissipate within hours or days, so time is of the essence if an attorney wishes to have …
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