California Association of Toxicologists
November7th8th, 2014
Site:San Diego Marriott Mission ValleyHosts:Catherine Hamm/Chris Vance8757 Rio San Diego Dr. San Diego County Medical Examiner/
San Diego, CA 92108San Diego County Sheriff Crime Lab
(619) 692-3800 San Diego, CA 92123
694-2909
Alcohol and Performance
Preliminary Agenda for Friday, November 7, 2014
0800 –0815Introduction/Vendor Introductions
0815 – 0845Alcohol Correlation Study Introduction
Chris Vance, San Diego Sheriff’s Department Regional Crime Laboratory
0845 – 0945Field Sobriety Test Basics
Eric Stayer, California Highway Patrol
0945 – 1015Top Shelf or Any Shelf: A Blood Storage Study
Chelsea Carter & Raegan Carter, San Diego Sheriff’s Dept. Regional Crime Laboratory
1015 – 1045Break
1045 – 1200FSTs/Breath Alcohol Measurements on our Drinkers
Comparison of ‘OTC’ Breath Alcohol Testers with Evidentiary Breathalyzers
Eric Stayer, CHP/Chris Vance and San Diego Sheriff’s Crime Lab Staff
1200 – 1300Lunch
1300 – 1400Official Blame for Drivers with Very Low Blood Alcohol Content: There Is No Safe Combination of Drinking and Driving
David P. Phillips, Ph.D., University of California at San Diego
1400 – 1500Alcohols: How Some Are More Toxic Than Others
Lee Cantrell, Ph.D., CaliforniaPoison Control System, San Diego Division
1500 – 1530Break
1530 – 1630The Tunnel Threat in Otay Mesa
Joe Garcia, Department of Homeland Security, ICE Tunnel Task Force
1730 – 1900Friday Night Social – Café Coyote, Old Town San Diego
California Association of Toxicologists
November7th8th, 2014
Site:San Diego Marriott Mission ValleyHosts:Catherine Hamm/Amber Trochta 8757 Rio San Diego Dr. San Diego County Medical Examiner
San Diego, CA 92108San Diego, CA 92123
(619) 692-3800 (858) 694-2909
Postmortem Topics
Preliminary Agenda for Saturday, November 8, 2014
0800 – 0930Pharmaceutical Drug Trends
Tom Lenox, Drug Enforcement Administration
0930 – 1000 Detection and Quantitation of Some Newer Synthetic Sympathomimetic Drugs
Iain M. McIntyre, Ph.D., San Diego County Medical Examiner’s Office
1000 – 1030Break
1030 – 1100 Analysis of Volatile Compounds via Cryogenic GC-FID/MS for DUI and Post-
Mortem Toxicology Cases
Matthew Nixt, Orange County Crime Laboratory
1100 – 1115 Forensic Alcohol Review Committee Recommendations and AB 2425: An Update on Title 17
Jennifer Harmon, Orange County Crime Laboratory
1115 – 1145C.A.T. Business Meeting
1145 – 1300Lunch
1300 – 1430Postmortem Toxicology: A Pathologist’s Perspective
Dr. Steven Campman, San Diego County Medical Examiner’s Office
1430 – 1500How Popeye Killed a Woman with an NBOMe
Dani Mata, Orange County Crime Laboratory
1500 – 1530Break
1530 – 1615The Prevalence of 6-MAM in various Postmortem Tissue Samples
Mary June Stanford, Orange County Crime Laboratory
1615 – 1645 Postmortem Hydrocodone Distribution-A Minimal Potential for Redistribution
Alec Saitman, Ph.D.,UCSD Clinical Chemistry