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Drug Analysis
Toxicology Rounds: Your ED Patients are Likely Using Delta-8-THC
A myth that lingers on: Casual contact with fentanyl causes overdoses
How DNA recovered from pill surfaces could snare drug syndicates
Webinar: Cannabis and NC Law Update
Live webinar presented by Phil Dixon Jr.September 2, 2021, 1:00 pm60 min of CLE credit anticipated During this CLE, Phil Dixon will provide an overview of legislation addressing legal hemp products and recent Court of Appeals cases involving cannabis. Challenges to probable cause based on odor and sight of “marijuana” that have been litigated in …
State v. Hills (N.C. Ct. App. 2021)
A whiff of pot alone no longer airtight probable cause for police to search cars in several states
The $2 Drug Test Keeping Inmates in Solitary
Since the nose doesn’t know pot is now legal, K-9s retire
Lawmaker says error at NYPD lab that went unchecked for 5 years warrants probe
State v. Jackson, _ N.C. App. _ (April 20, 2021)
Evidence that cocaine was the identity of the substance was admissible not withstanding the substance being handled with bare hands and stored in a glove box where cocaine had previously been stored. The court found concerns over cross contamination went to the evidence’s weight, not matters of admissibility and authentication.
The Worsening Massachusetts Crime Lab Scandal Is Just the Beginning
Free Webinar: Confirmatory Tests for Drugs
Live webinar presented by Ed Brown, Ph.D.May 6, 2021, 1:00 pm60 min of CLE credit anticipated 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 will be presented …
New Drug Analysis Resource: Six Part Video Series on GC-MS
The National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers has made available its six-part recorded lecture series on gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) in criminal cases. The series covers the whole spectrum of how GC-MS relates to a criminal case, from the fundamentals of how GC-MS works and how it is able to identify a suspected controlled substance …
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Drug Analysis Webinar: Methodology Used for Presumptive Tests and Common Errors Observed
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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