Notes from the May, 2000 Conference of the
California Association of Toxicologists
by Earth Erowid
Huge thanks to MAPS who sponsored my trip to this conference.
- Introduction
- 7:45 -- Registration and Continental Breakfast
- 8:15 -- Welcoming Remarks
- 7:45 -- Registration and Continental Breakfast
- Barry Fisher, Director L.A. Co. Sheriff's Dept Scientific Services Bureau
- 8:30 -- Supplement Time Bombs: Analogs of GHB and Precursor Steroids
- Alfredo J. Quattrone, Dept of Health Services
- 9:00 -- The Responsibilities of the D.E.A. in Regards to Rave Parties
- Michael Braun, Assistent Special Agent in-charge, DEA-Dept of Justice
- 9:40 -- DXM Sold As Ecstasy - results of 1.5 years of lab testing
- Emanuel Sferios, National Directory of Dance Safe
- 9:45 -- Break
- 10:15 -- The Role of a Narcotic Detective in L.A. County
- Anthony Shapiro, Detective, L.A. Co. Sheriff's Dept, Narcotics Bureau
- 11:00 -- Trendy Drugs of Abuse
- Trinka Porrata, Retired LAPD Detective/Consultant
- 11:45 -- Lunch
- 1:15 -- The Prosecution of Rave Parties & Drug Facilitated Rape
- Karla Kerlin & John Ramseyer, Deputy District Attorneys of L.A. County
- 2:00 -- Why All the Rave? Basic Pharmacology of Rave Drugs
- Michael Robertson, Chief Toxicologist, San Diego Co. Medical Examiner
- 3:00 -- Break
- 3:30 -- Diagnosis and Medical Management of Overdoses of GHB and Related Drugs
- Christine A. Haller, California Poison Control System, San Francisco
- 4:30 -- An Analytical Approach to Rave Parties and a Case Example Involving Five Fatalities
- Joseph Muto, Chief of Forensic Laboratories, L.A. Dept. of the Coroner
- 5:00 -- Social Hour
Read Richard Boire's review of this conference