Schedule for Solid Drug Dose

Course II: Forensic Drug Analysis (focus on solid drug dose, pre-consumption form testing for drugs)

[attendees must take Course I: Forensic Chromatography prior to taking this course]

 

This is a tentative schedule.

 

Day 1

8:45 am Registration and Snacks
  Introduction to Forensic Drug Chemistry Why is this different than DUI? Drug evidence and drug analyses
  The Government’s Burden: Accurate and Reliable Science

  • The capital properties of analytical chemistry
  • What makes good science?
    • Quality assurance/Quality control
  • Accreditation Requirements
  Break
  Guided exercise: Introduction to ISO Guide 17025 and ASCLD/LAB and lab discovery requests
  Lunch: Fun Chicago Lunch Included
  Anatomy of a Drug Case

  • Chain of custody
  • Evidence description
  • Weighing, sampling, and uncertainty
  • Drug analysis/qualitative analysis
  Break
  Anatomy of a Drug Case—Presumptive Testing

  • Color Tests
  Anatomy of a Drug Case—Confirmatory Testing

  • Sample extraction for GC/MS
  Break
  Live Demonstration of Color Testing and Sample Preparation
  Lab exercise: Color testing and sample prep at the bench Prepare and load GC/MS sequences
5:30 pm End of session

Day 2

9:00 am Guided exercise: Data analysis for color testing
  Anatomy of a Drug Case—Confirmatory Testing

  • GC/MS
  Break
  Guided exercise: GC/MS data analysis (instructor provided data files)
  Lunch: Fun Chicago Lunch Included
  Lab exercise: GC/MS data analysis of case samples
  Break
  Anatomy of a Drug Case—Confirmatory Testing

  • FTIR
  Break
  Lab exercise: FTIR analysis of samples
5:30 pm End of session

Day 3

9:00 am Guided exercise: Conclusions = Color test + GC/MS + FTIR
  Qualitative Drug Analysis Conclusions

  • SWGDRUG
  • Reviewable data
  • QC data
  • Conclusions and Reporting
    • Accurate and Reliable
  Break
  Marijuana Analysis:

  • The SWGDRUG exception
  • Validation is not general acceptance
  Lab exercise: Botanical testing—microscopy, Duquenois-Levine and TLC
  Lunch: Fun Chicago Lunch Included
  Continue lab exercise: Botanical testing
  Guided exercise: Data analysis for botanical testing
  Break
  Live Demonstration of Cross-Exam of Marijuana Analyst
  Break
  Currency Analysis with the IONSCAN
5:30 End of session

Day 4

9:00 am Modern Issues in Forensic Drug Chemistry

  • The wave of new drugs
  • Legislative control by chemical class
  • Analog laws and prosecutions
  Break
  Modern Issues in Forensic Drug Chemistry

  • McFadden v. US
  Live Demonstration of Cross-Exam of Cocaine Analyst
1:00 pm End of Course