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

by Craig W. Stevens

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780128000489
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Publication date:	06/10/2021
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 10.88(h) x (d)

About the Author

Craig W. Stevens, Ph.D. is a professor of Pharmacology at Oklahoma State University and is co-author of Brenner and Stevens’ Pharmacology, a popular pharmacology textbook now in its 5th Edition. He also wrote and edited two books on G-protein coupled receptors entitled Methods for the Discovery and Characterization of G Protein-Coupled Receptors (Springer Protocols, 2011) and G Protein-Coupled Receptor Genetics: Research and Methods in the Post-Genomic Era (Springer Methods in Pharmacology and Toxicology, 2014). He has just finished working on a new book for the Science and Technology Pharmacology list called The Drug Expert: A Practical Guide to the Impact of Drug Use in Legal Proceedings which is a guide for pharmacologists aiming to be successful as drug litigation consultants and a helpful book for the lawyers that hire them. Dr. Stevens maintains a second career as an expert witness in Pharmacology (Drug Expert) and has consulted for lawyers on over 80 cases in both criminal and civil proceedings.

Table of Contents

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

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Presents first-hand examples and tips from real-life cases on the critical aspects of the role of the pharmacology expert witness in drug-related litigation