EMERGING TRENDS IN SYNTHETIC DRUGS WORKSHOP

April 30, 2013 - AGENDA

(All Times are in Eastern Time)

8:30 – 9:00 AM Registration

9:00 – 9:30 AM Welcome and Opening Remarks

 John Paul Jones II, Program Manager, Law Enforcement Standards Program (OLES), National 

Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

 Jeff Comparin, Laboratory Director, Special Testing & Research Laboratory, Drug Enforcement 

Administration (DEA)

 Scott Oulton, Chair of Scientific Working Group for the Analysis of Seized Drugs (SWGDRUG)

& Associate Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of Forensic Sciences, DEA

9:30 – 10:15 AM EMERGING TRENDS IN SYNTHETIC CANNABINOIDS AND SUBSTITUTE CATHINONES

Overview of the Problem (Will Not Be Webcast or Captioned)

 Bob Bell, Supervisory Special Agent, Office of Diversion Control, DEA

10:15 – 10:30 AM Break

10:30 – 11:45 AM FEDERAL EMERGING TRENDS

Classes and Structures of Emerging Drugs

 Arthur Berrier, PhD, Senior Research Chemist, Special Testing & Research Laboratory, DEA 

Novel Hallucinogens and Plant-Derived Highs

 Emily Dye, Forensic Chemist, Special Testing & Research Laboratory, DEA

Control Scheduling and Pending Legislation (Will Not Be Webcast or Captioned)

 Terry Boos, Acting Chief of the Drug & Chemical Evaluation Section, Office of Diversion 

Control, DEA 

Moderated by Shannan Williams, Associate (Contractor), OLES, NIST

11:45 – 12:30 PM INTERNATIONAL EMERGING TRENDS

New Drugs in the European Union

 Andrew Cunningham, Scientific Analyst, European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug 

Addiction (EMCDDA), Lisbon, Portugal

12:30 – 1:45 PM Lunch

1:45 – 3:15 PM STATE AND LOCAL EMERGING TRENDS – PART ONE

Synthetic Structures, State Legislation, Brand Names, Novel Approaches to Analysis, and How 

Analytical Results are Reported

 Jim Wesley, Drug Chemistry Supervisor, Monroe County, New York Crime Laboratory

 John Przybylski, Controlled Substances Section Supervisor, Virginia Department of Forensic 

Science

 Joseph Graves, Crime Lab Analyst Supervisor, Drug Chemistry Florida Department of Law 

Enforcement 

Moderated by Anthony Tambasco, Forensic Scientist/Laboratory Director, Mansfield, Ohio Police 

Department Crime Laboratory

3:15 – 3:30 PM Break

3:30 – 4:15 PM PHARMACOLOGY OF SYNTHETIC DRUGS

 Marilyn A. Huestis, PhD, Chief, Chemistry and Drug Metabolism, Clinical Pharmacology and 

Therapeutic Research Branch, National Institutes of Health Biomedical Research Center

4:15 – 5:00 PM TOXICOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF SYNTHETIC DRUGS

 Barry Logan, PhD, Executive Director, Center for Forensic Science Research and Education, 

National Medical Services
EMERGING TRENDS IN SYNTHETIC DRUGS WORKSHOP

May 1, 2013 - AGENDA

(All Times are in Eastern Time)

8:30 – 9:00 AM Registration

9:00 – 9:20 AM Opening Remarks and Capabilities for Measurements, Materials, Data, Modeling, and Information 

Processing in the Chemical Sciences Division, NIST 

 John Paul Jones II, Program Manager, OLES, NIST

 William MacCrehan, Research Chemist, Chemical Sciences Division (CSD), NIST

9:20 – 11:00 AM IDENTIFICATION AND STANDARDS

Criteria for Identification of Synthetic Drugs

 Scott Oulton, Chair of SWGDRUG & Associate Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of 

Forensic Sciences, DEA

SWGDRUG Proposed Recommendation on Analogues and Structural Class Determinations 

 Linda Jackson, Vice Chair of SWGDRUG & Director, Virginia Department of Forensic Science

Validation/Authentication of Physical Standards

 Nicole Astor, Chemistry Technical Leader, Division of Forensic Sciences, Georgia Bureau of 

Investigation

Authentication of Physical Standards

 Roxanne Franckowski, Senior Forensic Chemist, Special Testing & Research Laboratory, DEA

Moderated by John Paul Jones II, Program Manager, OLES, NIST

11:00 – 11:15 AM Break

11:15 – 12:30 PM COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS

Live Demo of Online Database Resources for the Identification of Novel and Emerging Drugs

 Peter R. Stout, PhD, Senior Research Forensic Scientist, Research Triangle Institute (RTI)

International 

Advisory Committee for the Evaluation of Controlled Substances Analogs 

 Lindsay Reinhold, Forensic Chemist IV, National Medical Services 

Moderated by Karen Phinney, Group Leader, Bioanalytical Science, NIST

12:30 – 1:30 PM Lunch

1:30 – 3:00 PM STATE AND LOCAL EMERGING TRENDS – PART TWO

Synthetic Structures, State Legislation, Brand Names, Novel Approaches to Analysis, and How 

Analytical Results are Reported

 Anthony Tambasco, Forensic Scientist/Laboratory Director, Mansfield, Ohio Police Department 

Crime Laboratory

 Sandra Sachs, Criminalist III, Oakland Police Department Crime Laboratory

 Roger Schneider, Forensic Scientist Supervisor, Phoenix Police Department Laboratory 

Services Bureau

Moderated by Shannan Williams, Associate (Contractor), OLES, NIST

3:00 – 3:15 PM Break

3:15 – 5:00 PM LABORATORY ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES

Color Tests and Analytical Difficulties with Emerging Drugs of Abuse

 Jeremy Morris, Johnson County, Missouri Crime Laboratory

Statistical Sampling Approaches for Synthetic Drugs

 Jill Head, Supervisory Chemist, Special Testing & Research Laboratory, DEA

Interpretation and Potential Pitfalls of Analysis

 Josh Yohannan, Forensic Chemist, Special Testing & Research Laboratory, DEA

DEA Dosing Studies

 Elizabeth Guest, PhD, Forensic Chemist, Special Testing & Research Laboratory, DEA

Moderated by William MacCrehan, Research Chemist, CSD, NIST 

5:00 PM CLOSING REMARKS

 John Paul Jones II, Program Manager, OLES, NIST