Introduction

ASCLD Webinar Series: Controlled Substances [Archival]

ASCLD Webinar Series: Controlled Substances [Archival]

Overview

ASCLD Webinar Series Part III: This course serves as an overview of the controlled substances discipline for the crime laboratory administration.

This course serves as an overview of the controlled substances discipline for the crime laboratory administration. This webinar provided non-controlled substance analysts, who manage this discipline as part of a forensic laboratory or supervise members within this field, a basic overview of the analysis performed. This webinar also discussed discipline specific administrative challenges and addressed current issues and/or challenges facing the forensic science community in the discipline.

Presenters

  • Nancy Crump
  • Roger Schneider

Funding for this Forensic Technology Center of Excellence webinar has been provided by the National Institute of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice.

The opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this webinar are those of the presenter(s) and do not necessarily reflect those of the U.S. Department of Justice.

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