Drug Toxicology for Prosecutors: Targeting Hardcore Impaired

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ID American Prosecutors Research Institute

2004
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Introduction: A Horse of Different Color

1 Drugs and Driving for Prosecutors

3 The Prevalence of Drug-Impaired Driving

5 Alcohol vs. Drug-Related DWI

7 Prevalence of Specific Drugs in DWI

11 Common Drug Effects: Pharmacology for Prosecutors

21 How Can Drugs Impair Driving?

27 Measuring Impairment

31 Toxicology and the Drug Evaluation and

Classification Program

33 Drug Detection and Implications for Driver Impairment

39 Testing Methodology in the Forensic Toxicology Laboratory

43 Case Preparation and the Toxicologist as Expert Witness

47 Conclusion

49 Case Studies

53 Endnotes

55 Acknowledgements

57 Appendix 1: Glossary

61 Appendix 2: Predicate Questions for Toxicologist