Forensic toxicology & pharmacology
Alcohol and drug testing. Laboratory methods. Scientific interpretation. Explore the evidence—and understand the limits of what a result can establish.
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A randomized trial assigned 30 participants with primary insomnia to 150 mg CBD or placebo taken sublingually before bed for two weeks. Participants completed computerized cognitive tests…
Read articleIn a blinded crossover trial of low-dose cannabinoid oils, 20 healthy adults with limited cannabis experience contributed data to the final analysis. Participants received oils with THC-to-CBD…
Read articleA single patient with new-onset refractory status epilepticus received multiple antiseizure medications and underwent therapeutic plasma exchange. The authors recorded serum concentrations before, during, and after two…
Read articleA 2022 scoping review by Matheson and colleagues found only 12 eligible studies on sex differences in cannabidiol effects or pharmacokinetics. Eight used preclinical models and four…
Read articleA wearable can collect many readings over a week while still missing the precise window a researcher wants to study. In a seven-day field feasibility study, Merrill…
Read articleA monitoring period with no confirmed SCRAM event can still contain low-level drinking. Detection depends partly on the criteria used to turn a series of readings into…
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How laboratories separate, identify, confirm, and measure drugs, alcohols, and other compounds.
22 evidence guidesHow collection, preservation, storage, and biological matrix affect what a result can mean.
15 evidence guidesPrinciples and limitations of blood, breath, and postmortem alcohol and volatile analysis.
5 evidence guidesScreening, confirmation, metabolites, emerging substances, and drug-specific interpretation.
17 evidence guidesThe controls, performance studies, documentation, and review practices behind reliable testing.
18 evidence guidesAbsorption, distribution, metabolism, elimination, timing, effects, and evidentiary limits.
10 evidence guidesSpecimen selection, redistribution, decomposition, and the special limits of death investigation.
3 evidence guides
Attorney. Forensic toxicologist.
Okorie Okorocha, J.D., M.S., M.S. brings legal training and graduate education in forensic science and forensic toxicology to the interpretation of complex evidence.
This library connects analytical methods, specimen quality, and pharmacology with the questions that matter in a scientific review.
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