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Seized Drugs & Toxicology Scientific Area Committee

The Seized Drugs & Toxicology Scientific Area Committee (SAC) provides strategic direction, serves as a platform to integrate similar standards activities across multiple forensic science disciplines, and manages the activities of the following subcommittees:

Members

Reta Newman, SAC Chair, Pinellas County Forensic Laboratory

Lyndsay Cone, SAC Vice Chair, North Carolina State Crime Laboratory

Dani Mata, Forensic Toxicology Subcommittee Chair, Houston Forensic Science Center

Becky Wagner, Seized Drugs Subcommittee Chair, Virginia Department of Forensic Sciences

Thomas David Albright, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies (human factors representative)

Amanda Black, Washington State Patrol (Quality representative)

Hon. Christopher J. Plourd, Judge of the California Superior Court, County of Imperial (legal representative)

Jack Prothero, National Institute of Standards and Technology (statistics representative)

Molly Ryan, Federal Defender for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania (legal representative)

Documents in Process

Standard Practice for Quality Assurance of Forensic Science Service Providers Performing Chemistry Analysis (currently at an SDO)

Presentations

OSAC Public Update Meeting: Chemistry/Instrumental Analysis SAC Updates, June 2019

Created August 28, 2020, Updated October 2, 2026
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