Forensic Toxicology of Designer Drugs There are several goals of forensic toxicologists, including improving methods to identify and analyze samples from a person that may indicate a presence of drugs. This type of service can be used in a number of scenarios, from murder investigations, to employee drug testing, to…
Lack of Correlation Between Urine Drug Levels, Blood Drug Levels, and Impairment Introduction In objectively quantifying drug-induced impairment, there is critical distinction between mere presence of a substance and its psychoactive effect on an individual’s functional capacity (Compton et al., 2009). Specifically, while drug concentrations in biological samples can confirm…
This is a discussion that Judge Draper attempted to force upon a female African-American attorney with 40 years of experience: Judge Draper: And I use the term that my wife says is not politically acceptable. I think they are politically acceptable because I use terms like “coal black” and “light…