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