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]

This is a tentative schedule.

Day 1

8:45 am	Registration and Snacks
	Review of GC
	Intro and Overview of DUID Analysis Techniques – Part 1
	Break
	Intro and Overview of DUID Analysis Techniques – Part 2
	Lunch: Fun Chicago Lunch Included
	Principles of SPE Preparation of Physiological Fluids
	Break
	Lab #1: Solid Phase Extraction of Physiological Fluids, Elute, Evaporation and Derivatization of a biological sample
	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
5:30 pm	End of session

Day 2

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

Day 3

9:00 am	GC-MS SIM analysis
	Opiates:Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics, and Analyses
	Break
	LC-MS Theory
	Lunch: Fun Chicago Lunch Included
	Lab #4: LC
	Cannabinoids:Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics, and Analyses
	Break
	Sympathomimetic Amines: Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics, and Analyses
	The Dräger 5000DT
5:30 pm	End of session

Day 4

9:00 am	Interpretation of a Forensic Laboratory Report
	Correlating Analytical Findings with Behavioral Events
	Break
	The Listing of Assumptions
	Cross of a Toxicologist on Pharmacology
	Review of each sections Top 5 concepts
1:00 pm	End of Course