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The Forensic Toxicology Specialists |
This page has links to many resources that have important information about forensic toxicology, DUI and DUID investigation, and interpretation of drug testing results.
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1.
National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration Validation Studies on "Field
Sobriety Tests"
Colorado Study of the Standardized Field Sobriety Tests (SFTS) Battery, Burns and Anderson; November 1995
Psychophysical Tests for DWI Arrests, Burns and Moskowitz, June 1997, DOT-HS-802 424
Florida Study of the Standardized Field Sobriety Test (S.F.S.T.) Battery Burns and Dioquino
Field Evaluation of Behavioral Test Battery for DWI Anderson, et al., DOT-806-475
San Diego Study of the Validation of SFST's at BAC below 0.10 percent, Burns and Stuster,
Visual Detection of Driving While Intoxicated, Harris et. al., April 1980, DOT-HS-7-01538
The Detection of DWIs at BAC's below 0.10%, Stuster, Sept. 1997
The Detection of DWI Motorcyclists, Stuster, March 1993, DOT 807 839 (contact laboratory)
2. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration "Drugs and Human Performance Fact Sheets"
3. DRE Drug Matrix Chart For an explanation of the DRE unit and an overview of the DRE program see http://www.cityofla.org/LAPD/traffic/dre/drestuff.htm, by the LAPD.
Contact Drug Detection Laboratories for your DRE Matrix/Pupilometer at (916) 366-3113.
4. Standardized Field Sobriety Test (SFST) Instructions, Clues and the DRE Process
Information on field sobriety test instructions, drug recognition evaluation process, and evaluation process. This information is subject to change without notice. Contact NHTSA or the International Association of Chiefs of Police for updates and official documents.
5. Video of HGN and other effects on the eyes provided by Acunetx. Video taken using HawkEye recording equipment.
6. NHTSA Visual Detection of DUI Motorists Information on driving behaviors of impaired drivers
7. Winek's Drug & Chemical Blood-Level Data 2001 Information on therapeutic, toxic, and lethal blood and plasma drug levels.
8. US National Library of Medicine - TOXNET Toxicology Data Network
9. American Prosecutors Research Institute Information on prosecution of traffic law cases, including information on breath testing devices, DRE, and other important issues involved in DUI.
10. Medline Plus Information about drugs and health.
11. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Drug Index
12. California Association of Toxicologists (CAT)
13. TIAFT The International Association of Forensic Toxicology
14. SOFT The Society of Forensic Toxicology
15. NIDA The National Institute on Drug Abuse Information about drugs of abuse.
16. Simplified Widmark "r" factor Dr. Barbour's article on estimating the whole blood volume of distribution (Widmark's "r" factor) for alcohol.
17. California Department of Motor Vehicles and DUI; 23152 defined
18. California Department of Justice Toxicology (Cal DOJ Toxicology Laboratory)
19. Title 17 California Code of Regulations (as of January 2006). Note: This was compiled from other sources and should not be considered "official".
Refer to the State of California for any legal documents. Changes may occur without notice.
20. National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism of the National Institute of Health; Information on many alcohol related issues.
21. Dr. Kurt Dubowski's reference "Stages of Acute Alcoholic Influence and Intoxication". Information about the relationship between blood alcohol levels and its effects.
22. Physical data for drugs and chemicals from NIST
23.
Agency for Toxic Substances
and Disease Registry
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24. Periodic Table of the Elements
Please let us know if these are helpful, or if other sites or sources are recommended! Thanks.