The Drug Expert

Craig W. Stevens, Ph.D. is a professor of Pharmacology at Oklahoma State University and is co-author of Brenner and Stevens’ Pharmacology, a popular pharmacology textbook now in its 5th Edition. He also wrote and edited two books on G-protein coupled receptors entitled Methods for the Discovery and Characterization of G Protein-Coupled Receptors (Springer Protocols, 2011) and G Protein-Coupled Receptor Genetics: Research and Methods in the Post-Genomic Era (Springer Methods in Pharmacology and Toxicology, 2014). He has just finished working on a new book for the Science and Technology Pharmacology list called The Drug Expert: A Practical Guide to the Impact of Drug Use in Legal Proceedings which is a guide for pharmacologists aiming to be successful as drug litigation consultants and a helpful book for the lawyers that hire them. Dr. Stevens maintains a second career as an expert witness in Pharmacology (Drug Expert) and has consulted for lawyers on over 80 cases in both criminal and civil proceedings.

1. What a Long Strange Trip It’s Been: Our Drugged Society2. A Parent’s Worst Nightmare: Drug-Induced Psychosis and Deadly Police Response3. Show Me the Money: Epilepsy Drugs and the Four Million Dollar Embezzlement4. The Power of the Poppy: Opioid Overdose and the Treatment of Pain5. Wrong Place at the Wrong Time: Making Meth and Urine Drug Tests6. Hairs of the Innocent: The Detection of Marijuana in a Child Custody Case7. Firewater: Alcohol Abuse and Tribal Homicide8. Death at the Crossing: Trace Cocaine and the Denial of Benefits9. Big Little Secrets: Prescription Errors, Generic Drugs, and Drugs Affecting Blood Alcohol10. Through the Looking-Glass: A Bank-Robbery Witness and Alleged Victim on Drugs11. I Want a New Drug: Fake Marijuana, Designer Stimulants and Hallucinogens12. Where There’s a Will, There’s a Way: Cancer Chemotherapy and Probate13. Speed Kills: Two Cases of Methamphetamine Abuse and Homicide14. The Truth Shall Not Set You Free: A Drug-Induced Confession15. Snake Eyes: Gambling with the Adverse Effects of Ambien®16. Reefer Madness: Driving Under the Influence of Marijuana17. A Visit to the Dram Shop: Tequila Shots and a Traffic Fatality18. The Devil Made Me Do It: Rape after Prison Release of an Untreated Schizophrenic19. Dead Men Tell No Tales: Drugs in a Drowned, a Decayed, and a Dumpster Corpse20. Death Be Not Proud: The Pharmacology of Lethal Drug Executions

AppendiesA. Listing of U.S. Medical Schools and Contact InformationB. Sample Drug Expert Letter of EngagementC. Sample Drug Expert InvoiceD. Excerpt of a Drug Expert Litigation ReportE. Excerpt of a Drug Expert DepositionF. Excerpt of a Court Transcript Cross-ExaminationG. Sample of a Drug Toxicology ReportH. Sample of Medical Records used by a Drug ExpertI. Sample of Pharmacy Records used by a Drug ExpertJ. Alcohol Charts for Males and FemalesK. Excerpt of a Daubert MotionL. Sample Listing of Drug Tests Available at a Commercial LabM. Sample Retrograde Calculation of BAC