Schedule for DUI-D

Course III: Driving Under the Influence of Drugs (focus on impaired motorists other than EtOH)

[attendees must take both Course I: Forensic Chromatography and Course II: Forensic Drug Analysis before taking this course]

Day 1

8:30 am Review of GC
9:15 am Intro and Overview of DUID Analysis Techniques – Part 1
10:15 am Break
10:30 am Intro and Overview of DUID Analysis Techniques – Part 2
11:30 am Lunch with Instructors
12:30 pm Principles of SPE Preparation of Physiological Fluids
2:00 pm Break
2:15 pm Lab #1: Solid Phase Extraction of Physiological Fluids, Elute, Evaporation and Derivatization of a biological sample
5:00 pm Understanding and Properly using Epidemiological and Actual Driving Studies in defense of DUID Murder, DUID homicide by vehicle, DUID Aggravated Assault by Vehicle, and DUID impairment cases

Day 2

8:30 am Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics, and Receptors – Part 1
9:30 am Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics, and Receptors – Part 2
10:30 am Break
10:45 am Principles of Derivatization
11:45 am Lunch
12:30 pm Immunoassay Technologies (ELISA, EMIT, POCT)
1:30 pm Lab #2: Immunoassay technology–“Dipstick” testing and Probation Checks for Drugs and The NHTSA Virginia Beach Study
2:30 pm Break
2:45 pm Benzodiazepines: Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics, and Analyses
5:00 pm Review of Data

Day 3

8:30 am GC-MS SIM analysis
9:30 am Opiates:Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics, and Analyses
10:30 am Break
10:45 am LC-MS Theory
12:00 pm Lunch
12:30 pm Lab #4: LC
1:00 pm Cannabinoids:Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics, and Analyses
2:00 pm Break
2:15 pm Sympathomimetic Amines: Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics, and Analyses
4:15 pm The Dräger 5000DT

Day 4

8:30 am Interpretation of a Forensic Laboratory Report
9:30 am Correlating Analytical Findings with Behavioral Events
10:30 am Break
10:45 am The Listing of Assumptions
12:00 pm Lunch
12:30 pm Cross of a Toxicologist on Pharmacology
2:00 pm Review of each sections Top 5 concepts