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Opioid Crisis – A Public Health Enemy Webinar Series

Overview Rates of opioid use and misuse have reached epidemic proportions and are impacting many aspects of both criminal justice and forensic sciences programs. Opioid addiction is the driving force behind this increase in use with more than 2.5 million…

Opioid Substances: A Threat to Animal Welfare & Safety

← Back to Series Overview The opioid crisis has impacted animal welfare and safety several ways. This webinar will review risks to pets of opioid abusers and working K9s and will make recommendations to help keep K9s safe, including risk…

Dreamland – Sam Quinones Explores America’s Opiate Epidemic

← Back to Series Overview Sam Quinones is a Los Angeles-based freelance journalist and author of three books of narrative nonfiction. His latest book is Dreamland: The True Tale of America’s Opiate Epidemic (Bloomsbury, 2015), for which he traveled across…

Fentalogs – Pharmacology, Toxicology & Analytical Approaches

← Back to Series Overview We will review the chemistry of fentanyl, its analogs and precursors, their pharmacology and relative potency, and approaches to identifying novel fentanyl analogs in forensic toxicology casework. Fentanyl and its analogs, sometimes called “The Fentalogs”,…

Opioids and the Drain on Laboratory Resources

← Back to Series Overview This webinar uses data from Project FORESIGHT to examine the effects of the opioid crisis on the demands for laboratory resources and the direct and indirect effects on the work of forensic laboratories. The dramatic…

Identify Synthetic Opioids using Ambient Ionization TOF-MS

← Back to Series Overview This webinar will present the results of the evaluation of Direct Sample Analysis Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry to provide rapid identification of eighteen fentanyl analogs and related synthetic opioid. As of March 2016, the Drug Enforcement…

The Abuse of E-Cigs, the Impact On Criminal Justice

Overview E-cigarettes are used as alternatives to traditional cigarettes, for recreational activity, and as a delivery device for other licit or illicit drugs. This forum discussed the problem to public health/criminal justice, how e-cigs work, and other research. They are…

Category: Toxicology (page 5)

Category: Toxicology (page 5)

Opioid Crisis – A Public Health Enemy Webinar Series

Opioid Substances: A Threat to Animal Welfare & Safety

Dreamland – Sam Quinones Explores America’s Opiate Epidemic

Fentalogs – Pharmacology, Toxicology & Analytical Approaches

Opioids and the Drain on Laboratory Resources

Identify Synthetic Opioids using Ambient Ionization TOF-MS

The Abuse of E-Cigs, the Impact On Criminal Justice

Introduction

Category: Toxicology (page 5)