The Drug Expert: A Practical Guide to the Impact of Drug Use in Legal Proceedings targets academic and industry pharmacologists, pharmacology graduate students, and professionals and students of affiliated disciplines, such as pharmacy and toxicology. Users will find it to be an invaluable reference for those involved in the field. In addition, pharmacists and others who increasingly serve as expert witnesses and toxicologists will find an array of very useful information.
1. Cover image - p. page_i 2. Title page - p. page_i 3. Table of Contents - p. page_i 4. Copyright - p. page_iv 5. About the Author - p. page_ix 6. Preface - p. page_xi 7. Acknowledgments - p. page_xiii 8. Chapter 1: What a Long Strange Trip It’s Been: Our drugged society: Drug Use by Americans—Drugs and Mental Illness—Drugs and Crimes Drug Effects on Brain and Behavior—Drug Use and the Legal System - p. page_xiii 9. Chapter 2: A Parent’s Worst Nightmare: Drug-induced psychosis and deadly police force: Over-the-Counter Drug Abuse—Benadryl® and the Brain Testing for Drug Use in the Recently Dead—Finding the Drug Expert The Drug Expert’s Initial Contact With an Attorney - p. page_16 10. Chapter 3: Show Me the Money: Epilepsy drugs and the four million dollar embezzlement: Overview of the Legal Infrastructure—Movement of Drugs in the Body Epilepsy, Antiepileptic Drugs, and the Law—Adverse Brain Effects of Phenobarbital Drug Use and Criminal Responsibility—The Drug Expert Letter of Engagement - p. page_23 11. Chapter 4: The Power of the Poppy: Opioid overdose in the treatment of pain: Treatment of Cancer Pain with Opioids Official Prescribing Information for Drugs Medical Malpractice Due to the Prescribing of Opioids Federal Rules of Evidence and the Expert—The Drug Expert Litigation Report - p. page_32 12. Chapter 5: Wrong Place at the Wrong Time: Meth manufacture and urine drug tests: The Drug Treatment Court Alternative—A Profile of Methamphetamine Environmental Exposure When Making Meth The Detection of Methamphetamine in Urine Rules of Discovery for the Drug Expert—Deposition of the Drug Expert - p. page_39 13. Chapter 6: Hairs of the Innocent: Detection of marijuana in a child custody case: A Profile of Marijuana—Drug Use in Pregnancy Drug Use by Parents and Child Maltreatment—Testing for Drugs in Hair Samples Drug Expert Testimony in Court - p. page_47 14. Chapter 7: Firewater: Alcohol abuse and tribal homicide: The Drug Alcohol—Alcohol Effects on the Brain and Aggression Research Methods of the Drug Expert—Alcohol Abuse in Native Americans Junk Science and the Drug Expert - p. page_56 15. Chapter 8: Death at the Crossing: Trace cocaine and the denial of benefits: A Profile of Cocaine—Drug Testing in the Workplace Postmortem Redistribution of Drugs—Criteria of a Substance Use Disorder The Drug Expert and the Toxicology Report - p. page_65 16. Chapter 9: Big Little Secrets: Prescription errors, generic drugs, and drugs affecting blood alcohol: Medication Errors and Patient Injury—Generic and Brand Name Drugs Drug Interference in Alcohol Testing—The Drug Expert and Medical Records - p. page_74 17. Chapter 10: Through the Looking-Glass: A bank-robbery witness and alleged victim on drugs: Drug Effects on Memory and Perception—Cognitive Effects of Common Drugs The Public Defender’s Office and the Drug Expert The Drug Expert and Pharmacy Records - p. page_82 18. Chapter 11: I Want a New Drug: Fake marijuana, designer stimulants, and hallucinogens: Designer Drugs in the Age of Synthetics—The Controlled Substances Act Scheduling of Controlled Substances—Federal Drug Sentencing Guidelines The Business of Being a Drug Expert - p. page_91 19. Chapter 12: Where There’s a Will, There’s a Way: Cancer chemotherapy and probate: Anticancer Drugs and Chemobrain—Chronic Alcoholism and Neurotoxicity Making a Will and Drug Use—Drug-Induced Diminished Capacity Estimation of BAC From Alcohol Consumed - p. page_102 20. Chapter 13: Speed Kills: Two cases of methamphetamine abuse and homicide: Drug Addiction in a Nutshell Methamphetamine-Induced Violence, Aggression, and Psychosis Phases of Criminal Trials—Admissibility of Scientific Expert Testimony Daubert Challenge to Drug Expert Testimony - p. page_109 21. Chapter 14: The Truth Shall Not Set You Free: A drug-induced confession: A Short History of Drug-Induced Confessions Drug-Induced Confessions and the Drug Expert Disruption of Thinking and Memory Due to Drugs—Involuntary Drug Intoxication The Pharmacist Versus the Pharmacologist Drug Expert - p. page_117 22. Chapter 15: Snake Eyes: Gambling with the adverse effects of Ambien®: Sleep Drugs—Drug Laws and Regulations—Approval of New Drugs by the FDAThe Dangers of Ambien® Use—Examining Pharmacokinetics for Drug Dose and Time The Drug Expert and Big Pharma Litigation - p. page_127 23. Chapter 16: Reefer Madness: Driving under the influence of marijuana: The State Legalization of Medical and Recreational Marijuana Drugged Driving Laws—Marijuana and Driving Impairment Using Private Drug Testing Laboratories—Training Programs for Drug Experts - p. page_137 24. Chapter 17: A Visit to the Dram Shop: Tequila shots and a traffic fatality: Dram Shop Law for the Drug Expert—Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol The Use and Misuse of the Breathalyzer Retrograde Calculation of Blood Alcohol Concentrations Drug Recognition Experts—Marketing of the Drug Expert - p. page_147 25. Chapter 18: The Devil Made Me Do It: Rape after prison release of an untreated schizophrenic: Antipsychotic Treatment of Schizophrenia—Treatment of Mental Illness in Prison Postrelease Treatment of Mentally Ill Offenders Psychedelic Drugs Used in Psychiatry—The Drug Expert and the Nonuse of Drugs - p. page_156 26. Chapter 19: Dead Men Tell No Tales: Drug levels in a drowned, a decayed, and a dumpster corpse: Insurance Claims and Drug Use Drug Detection in Fluid From the Eyeballs and Other Places Postmortem Detection of Alcohol and Methamphetamine Fetal Remains and Maternal Drug Use The Toxicologist and the Pharmacologist Drug Expert - p. page_164 27. Chapter 20: Death Be Not Proud: The pharmacology of lethal drug executions: Let Me Be Perfectly Clear—Capital Punishment by Lethal Drug Injection Lethal Drugs From Compounding Pharmacies The Supreme Court of the United States and Lethal Injection Drugs Alternative Methods of Execution—Epilogue and Conclusions - p. page_173 28. Appendix A: List of medical schools by city and state, including phone number - p. page_191 29. Appendix B: Sample letter of engagement for the drug expert - p. page_199 30. Appendix C: Sample invoice for the drug expert - p. page_201 31. Appendix D: Excerpt of litigation report - p. page_201 32. Appendix E: Excerpt of drug expert deposition - p. page_208 33. Appendix F: Excerpt of a court transcript cross-examination - p. page_214 34. Appendix G: Sample toxicology reports - p. page_218 35. Appendix H: Sample medical records - p. page_222 36. Appendix I: Sample pharmacy records - p. page_225 37. Appendix J: Alcohol charts for males and females - p. page_228 38. Appendix K: Excerpt of Daubert motion against the drug expert - p. page_230 39. Appendix L: Drug tests available at commercial laboratories - p. page_232 40. Appendix M: Retrograde calculation of blood alcohol concentration (BAC) - p. page_235 41. Index - p. page_237
The Drug Expert: A Practical Guide to the Impact of Drug Use in Legal Proceedings targets academic and industry pharmacologists, pharmacology graduate students, and professionals and students of affiliated disciplines, such as pharmacy and toxicology. Users will find it to be an invaluable reference for those involved in the field. In addition, pharmacists and others who increasingly serve as expert witnesses and toxicologists will find an array of very useful information.
1. Cover image - p. page_i 2. Title page - p. page_i 3. Table of Contents - p. page_i 4. Copyright - p. page_iv 5. About the Author - p. page_ix 6. Preface - p. page_xi 7. Acknowledgments - p. page_xiii 8. Chapter 1: What a Long Strange Trip It’s Been: Our drugged society: Drug Use by Americans—Drugs and Mental Illness—Drugs and Crimes Drug Effects on Brain and Behavior—Drug Use and the Legal System - p. page_xiii 9. Chapter 2: A Parent’s Worst Nightmare: Drug-induced psychosis and deadly police force: Over-the-Counter Drug Abuse—Benadryl® and the Brain Testing for Drug Use in the Recently Dead—Finding the Drug Expert The Drug Expert’s Initial Contact With an Attorney - p. page_16 10. Chapter 3: Show Me the Money: Epilepsy drugs and the four million dollar embezzlement: Overview of the Legal Infrastructure—Movement of Drugs in the Body Epilepsy, Antiepileptic Drugs, and the Law—Adverse Brain Effects of Phenobarbital Drug Use and Criminal Responsibility—The Drug Expert Letter of Engagement - p. page_23 11. Chapter 4: The Power of the Poppy: Opioid overdose in the treatment of pain: Treatment of Cancer Pain with Opioids Official Prescribing Information for Drugs Medical Malpractice Due to the Prescribing of Opioids Federal Rules of Evidence and the Expert—The Drug Expert Litigation Report - p. page_32 12. Chapter 5: Wrong Place at the Wrong Time: Meth manufacture and urine drug tests: The Drug Treatment Court Alternative—A Profile of Methamphetamine Environmental Exposure When Making Meth The Detection of Methamphetamine in Urine Rules of Discovery for the Drug Expert—Deposition of the Drug Expert - p. page_39 13. Chapter 6: Hairs of the Innocent: Detection of marijuana in a child custody case: A Profile of Marijuana—Drug Use in Pregnancy Drug Use by Parents and Child Maltreatment—Testing for Drugs in Hair Samples Drug Expert Testimony in Court - p. page_47 14. Chapter 7: Firewater: Alcohol abuse and tribal homicide: The Drug Alcohol—Alcohol Effects on the Brain and Aggression Research Methods of the Drug Expert—Alcohol Abuse in Native Americans Junk Science and the Drug Expert - p. page_56 15. Chapter 8: Death at the Crossing: Trace cocaine and the denial of benefits: A Profile of Cocaine—Drug Testing in the Workplace Postmortem Redistribution of Drugs—Criteria of a Substance Use Disorder The Drug Expert and the Toxicology Report - p. page_65 16. Chapter 9: Big Little Secrets: Prescription errors, generic drugs, and drugs affecting blood alcohol: Medication Errors and Patient Injury—Generic and Brand Name Drugs Drug Interference in Alcohol Testing—The Drug Expert and Medical Records - p. page_74 17. Chapter 10: Through the Looking-Glass: A bank-robbery witness and alleged victim on drugs: Drug Effects on Memory and Perception—Cognitive Effects of Common Drugs The Public Defender’s Office and the Drug Expert The Drug Expert and Pharmacy Records - p. page_82 18. Chapter 11: I Want a New Drug: Fake marijuana, designer stimulants, and hallucinogens: Designer Drugs in the Age of Synthetics—The Controlled Substances Act Scheduling of Controlled Substances—Federal Drug Sentencing Guidelines The Business of Being a Drug Expert - p. page_91 19. Chapter 12: Where There’s a Will, There’s a Way: Cancer chemotherapy and probate: Anticancer Drugs and Chemobrain—Chronic Alcoholism and Neurotoxicity Making a Will and Drug Use—Drug-Induced Diminished Capacity Estimation of BAC From Alcohol Consumed - p. page_102 20. Chapter 13: Speed Kills: Two cases of methamphetamine abuse and homicide: Drug Addiction in a Nutshell Methamphetamine-Induced Violence, Aggression, and Psychosis Phases of Criminal Trials—Admissibility of Scientific Expert Testimony Daubert Challenge to Drug Expert Testimony - p. page_109 21. Chapter 14: The Truth Shall Not Set You Free: A drug-induced confession: A Short History of Drug-Induced Confessions Drug-Induced Confessions and the Drug Expert Disruption of Thinking and Memory Due to Drugs—Involuntary Drug Intoxication The Pharmacist Versus the Pharmacologist Drug Expert - p. page_117 22. Chapter 15: Snake Eyes: Gambling with the adverse effects of Ambien®: Sleep Drugs—Drug Laws and Regulations—Approval of New Drugs by the FDAThe Dangers of Ambien® Use—Examining Pharmacokinetics for Drug Dose and Time The Drug Expert and Big Pharma Litigation - p. page_127 23. Chapter 16: Reefer Madness: Driving under the influence of marijuana: The State Legalization of Medical and Recreational Marijuana Drugged Driving Laws—Marijuana and Driving Impairment Using Private Drug Testing Laboratories—Training Programs for Drug Experts - p. page_137 24. Chapter 17: A Visit to the Dram Shop: Tequila shots and a traffic fatality: Dram Shop Law for the Drug Expert—Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol The Use and Misuse of the Breathalyzer Retrograde Calculation of Blood Alcohol Concentrations Drug Recognition Experts—Marketing of the Drug Expert - p. page_147 25. Chapter 18: The Devil Made Me Do It: Rape after prison release of an untreated schizophrenic: Antipsychotic Treatment of Schizophrenia—Treatment of Mental Illness in Prison Postrelease Treatment of Mentally Ill Offenders Psychedelic Drugs Used in Psychiatry—The Drug Expert and the Nonuse of Drugs - p. page_156 26. Chapter 19: Dead Men Tell No Tales: Drug levels in a drowned, a decayed, and a dumpster corpse: Insurance Claims and Drug Use Drug Detection in Fluid From the Eyeballs and Other Places Postmortem Detection of Alcohol and Methamphetamine Fetal Remains and Maternal Drug Use The Toxicologist and the Pharmacologist Drug Expert - p. page_164 27. Chapter 20: Death Be Not Proud: The pharmacology of lethal drug executions: Let Me Be Perfectly Clear—Capital Punishment by Lethal Drug Injection Lethal Drugs From Compounding Pharmacies The Supreme Court of the United States and Lethal Injection Drugs Alternative Methods of Execution—Epilogue and Conclusions - p. page_173 28. Appendix A: List of medical schools by city and state, including phone number - p. page_191 29. Appendix B: Sample letter of engagement for the drug expert - p. page_199 30. Appendix C: Sample invoice for the drug expert - p. page_201 31. Appendix D: Excerpt of litigation report - p. page_201 32. Appendix E: Excerpt of drug expert deposition - p. page_208 33. Appendix F: Excerpt of a court transcript cross-examination - p. page_214 34. Appendix G: Sample toxicology reports - p. page_218 35. Appendix H: Sample medical records - p. page_222 36. Appendix I: Sample pharmacy records - p. page_225 37. Appendix J: Alcohol charts for males and females - p. page_228 38. Appendix K: Excerpt of Daubert motion against the drug expert - p. page_230 39. Appendix L: Drug tests available at commercial laboratories - p. page_232 40. Appendix M: Retrograde calculation of blood alcohol concentration (BAC) - p. page_235 41. Index - p. page_237
