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Seized Drugs Subcommittee

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The Seized Drugs Subcommittee focuses on standards and guidelines related to the examination of evidence to identify drugs and related substances.

Officers | Members | Standards | Other Work Products

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, Virginia Commonwealth University

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)

Brittney Rollison, American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (Quality Task Group member)

Sarah Shuda, The Center for Forensic Science Research and Education

Edward Sisco, National Institute of Standards and Technology (OSAC's 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 October 3, 2023)
  • 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 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 WK92088 Standard for Validation and Verification of Analytical Methods for Forensic Science Service Providers Performing Forensic Chemical Analyses
  • 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-S-0010 Standard Practice for Reporting Results of the Analysis of Seized Drugs
  • Standard Guide for Reporting of Seized Drug Analysis Results
  • Standard guide for the Determination of Substantial Structural Similarity in the Analysis of Seized Drugs
  • Standard Practice for the Handling of Evidence Suspected to Contain a Seized Drug
  • 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

Reference Documents

Research & Development Needs

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.

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: