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Seized Drugs Subcommittee
The Seized Drugs Subcommittee focuses on standards and guidelines related to the examination of evidence to identify drugs and related substances.
Officers
Agnes D. Winokur, Subcommittee Chair, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration
Anne Slaymaker, Subcommittee Vice Chair, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration
Lyndsay Cone, Subcommittee Executive Secretary, North Carolina State Crime Laboratory
Members
Emanuele Alves, University of South Wales
Andrew Bowen, U.S. Postal Inspection Service
Raychelle Burks, American University
Rolando Carol, Auburn University at Montgomery (Human Factors Task Group representative)
Deborah Cole, New Jersey Office of Forensic Science
Michael Crowe, New Hanover County Sherriff's Office, Forensic Lab
Anna Deakin, U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Laboratory (USACIL)
Gail Gutierrez, Illinois State Police
Jennifer Hatch, Texas Department of Public Safety
Desiree Lassiter, Defender Services Office, Training Division (Legal Task Group representative)
Jack Prothero, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST); (Statistics Task Group representative)
Sarah Shuda, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Edward Sisco, National Institute of Standards and Technology (Ignitable Liquids, Explosives & Gunshot Residue Subcommittee affiliate)
Christine Tyson, Massachusetts State Police Crime Laboratory
Jennifer Watson, Miami Valley Regional Crime Laboratory
Wendy Williams, Kentucky State Police Western Laboratory
Seized Drugs Affiliate List
Standards
On the OSAC Registry
- ANSI/ASTM E1968-19 Standard Practice for Microcrystal Testing in Forensic Analysis for Cocaine (added July 6, 2021)
- ANSI/ASTM E1969-19 Standard Practice for Microcrystal Testing in Forensic Analysis for Methamphetamine and Amphetamine (added July 6, 2021)
- ANSI/ASTM E2125-19 Standard Practice for Microcrystal Testing in the Forensic Analysis of Phencyclidine and its Analogues (added July 6, 2021)
- ANSI/ASTM E2329-17 Standard Practice for Identification of Seized Drugs (added August 7, 2018)
- ANSI/ASTM E2548-16 Standard Guide for Sampling Seized Drugs for Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis (added June 1, 2021)
- ANSI/ASTM E2882-19 Standard Guide for Analysis of Clandestine Drug Laboratory Evidence (added July 6, 2021)
- ANSI/ASTM E3255-21 Standard Practice for Quality Assurance of Forensic Science Service Providers Performing Forensic Chemical Analysis (added November 2, 2021)
- OSAC 2022-S-0013 Standard Guide for Testimony in Seized Drugs Analysis (added December 6, 2022)
At an SDO for Further Development & Publication
- ASTM E1968-2x Standard Practice for Microcrystal Testing in Forensic Analysis for Cocaine
- ASTM E1969-2x Standard Practice for Microcrystal Testing in Forensic Analysis for Methamphetamine and Amphetamine
- ASTM E2125-2x Standard Practice for Microcrystal Testing in the Forensic Analysis of Phencyclidine and its Analogues
- ASTM E2329-2x Standard Practice for Identification of Seized Drugs
- ASTM E2548-2x Standard Guide for Sampling Seized Drugs for Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis
- ASTM E2549-2x (WK93983) Practice for Validation of Seized-Drug Analytical Methods
- ASTM E2882-2x Standard Guide for Analysis of Clandestine Drug Laboratory Evidence
- ASTM WK65067 Practice for Assessment of Gas Chromatography and Electron Ionization Mass Spectrometry Data During the Qualitative Analysis of Seized Drugs
- ASTM WK72630 Guide for The Development of Electron Ionization-Mass Spectral Libraries for the Analysis of Seized Drugs
- ASTM WK72638 Intralaboratory Blind Quality Control Programs for Seized-Drug Analysis
- ASTM WK75231 Guide for Assessment of Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) Spectroscopy Data During the Qualitative Analysis of Seized Drugs
- ASTM WK85075 Uncertainty Estimation of Quantitative Measurements in the Analysis of Seized-Drugs
- ASTM WK93533 New Practice for Intralaboratory Blind Quality Control Programs Specific to Seized-Drugs Analysis
- ASTM WK93971-2x Test Method for Test Method for the Analysis of Fentanyl and Related Substances Using Gas-Chromatography-Infrared Spectroscopy (GC-IR)
- OSAC 2022-S-0013 Standard Guide for Testimony in Seized Drugs Analysis (OSAC Proposed Standard on the Registry)
Under Development
- Chromatography document
- OSAC 2022-S-0014 Building an Analytical Scheme for the Assessment of Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) in Suspected Marijuana Plant Material Samples
- OSAC 2025-N-0024 Standard Practice for the Analysts’ Handling of Evidence Suspected to Contain a Seized Drug
- OSAC 2025-S-0010 Standard Practice for Reporting Results of the Analysis of Seized Drugs
- OSAC 2025-S-0025 Standard Test Method for the Analysis of Seized Drugs Using Color Tests
- Standard guide for the Determination of Substantial Structural Similarity in the Analysis of Seized Drugs
- Standard Test Method for the Analysis of Seized Drugs Using Color Tests
- Validation and Verification of Analytical Methods in the Analysis of Seized Drugs
Other Work Products
Process Maps
- Seized Drugs Process Map (Current Practice), November 30, 2022.
Reference Documents
Research & Development Needs
- See the research and development needs identified by the Seized Drugs Subcommittee.
Standards Development Maps
Discipline-Specific Bibliographies and Bibliographic References
These documents may contain information to help forensic scientists, judges, lawyers, researchers, and other readers better understand the nature, scope, and foundations of the individual disciplines as currently practiced. The identification of these documents does not represent an endorsement by OSAC or NIST. Only standards that are posted on the OSAC Registry and Technical Guidance documents, are endorsed by OSAC. The referenced documents may be subject to copyright. Note: Subcommittee position statements or responses to data collections by the subcommittee do not necessarily represent the position of OSAC or NIST.
- SWGDRUG Recommendations, Current Edition
- SWGDRUG Supplemental Documents
- United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Publications of Manuals, Guidelines & Publications for Drug Testing Laboratories
- ENFSI-UNODC Guidelines on Representative Drug Sampling
- ENFSI-DWG Guidelines on Sampling of Illicit Drugs for Quantitative Analysis
- ENFSI-DWG Guidelines on the Use of Reference Materials in Forensic Drug Analysis
- Transcript, Evidentiary Hearing, "People of the State of California vs. Randy Chacon, et al", September 13, 2017
Literature:
- Instrumental Data for Drug Analysis (IDDA), Mills, Roberson, Matchett, Simon, Burns and Ollis (3rd edition) or current edition.
- Clarke's Analysis of Drugs and Poisons, Moffat, Osselton, Widdop and Watts (4th edition) or current edition.
- Understanding Mass Spectra: A Basic Approach, Smith (2nd edition) or current edition.
- Hallucinogens: A Forensic Drug Handbook, Richard Laing and Jay Siegel or current edition.
- The Shulgin Index, Volume One: Psychedelic Phenethylamines and Related Compounds, Alexander T. Shulgin (Currently out of print).
- Cannabis Resources
- Pharmacophore Resources
Monographs:
Spectral Databases/Libraries: