The Drug Expert: A Practical Guide to the Impact of Drug Use in Legal Proceedings

ISBN-13: 9780128000489 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 256 str.

Craig Stevens

Opis

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.

• Focuses on important topics for the consulting pharmacologist, including prescription, over-the-counter and illegal drugs and their effects on criminal and civil proceedings
• Details the "how-to" aspects of being an expert witness in pharmacology by presenting real-life cases and effective tips and experiences
• Includes several appendices, such as a sample letter of engagement and fee schedule, a litigation report, a consulting invoice and valuable resources

Spis treści

1. What a Long Strange Trip It's Been: Our Drugged Society2. A Parent's Worst Nightmare: Drug-Induced Psychosis and Deadly Police Response3. Show Me the Money: Epilepsy Drugs and the Four Million Dollar Embezzlement4. The Power of the Poppy: Opioid Overdose and the Treatment of Pain5. Wrong Place at the Wrong Time: Making Meth and Urine Drug Tests6. Hairs of the Innocent: The Detection of Marijuana in a Child Custody Case7. Firewater: Alcohol Abuse and Tribal Homicide8. Death at the Crossing: Trace Cocaine and the Denial of Benefits9. Big Little Secrets: Prescription Errors, Generic Drugs, and Drugs Affecting Blood Alcohol10. Through the Looking-Glass: A Bank-Robbery Witness and Alleged Victim on Drugs11. I Want a New Drug: Fake Marijuana, Designer Stimulants and Hallucinogens12. Where There's a Will, There's a Way: Cancer Chemotherapy and Probate13. Speed Kills: Two Cases of Methamphetamine Abuse and Homicide14. The Truth Shall Not Set You Free: A Drug-Induced Confession15. Snake Eyes: Gambling with the Adverse Effects of Ambien®16. Reefer Madness: Driving Under the Influence of Marijuana17. A Visit to the Dram Shop: Tequila Shots and a Traffic Fatality18. The Devil Made Me Do It: Rape after Prison Release of an Untreated Schizophrenic19. Dead Men Tell No Tales: Drugs in a Drowned, a Decayed, and a Dumpster Corpse20. Death Be Not Proud: The Pharmacology of Lethal Drug Executions

AppendiesA. Listing of U.S. Medical Schools and Contact InformationB. Sample Drug Expert Letter of EngagementC. Sample Drug Expert InvoiceD. Excerpt of a Drug Expert Litigation ReportE. Excerpt of a Drug Expert DepositionF. Excerpt of a Court Transcript Cross-ExaminationG. Sample of a Drug Toxicology ReportH. Sample of Medical Records used by a Drug ExpertI. Sample of Pharmacy Records used by a Drug ExpertJ. Alcohol Charts for Males and FemalesK. Excerpt of a Daubert MotionL. Sample Listing of Drug Tests Available at a Commercial LabM. Sample Retrograde Calculation of BAC