Current Trends in Drug Abuse

February 17, 2012
Danville IL
8:00 am - 4:00 pm

Non-Member Tuition:  - 0 -

This 1-day course will focus on the latest trends in substance abuse, including the dramatic shift towards recreational prescription drug use and the new designer synthetic drugs, such as "bath salt legal cocaine" (MDPV) and the next generation of K2/Spice "Funky Monkey legal pot" (JWH-122).  New prescription drugs of abuse, such as Opana and Roxy, will be discussed in context with Vicodin and the new form of OxyContin: O.P.  Special emphasis will be placed on new state drug laws, drug user demographics, concealment techniques, and enforcement recommendations.

This training will benefit detectives, patrol officers, school resource officers, narcotics investigators, and probation officers.  Each student will receive an 88-page resource manual.

Topics include:

        Recognition, Pharmacology and Legal Update
        Ivory Wave, Vanilla Sky, Purple Irish Bath Salt Cocaine
        MDPV vs. MDPPP: their relationship to MDMA (Ecstasy) & Methamphetamine
        Illinois Drug Analog Act: applications to Bath Salts and "Legal Pot"
        Vicodin Seizure Trends in Illinois (and its gateway drug among Illinois youth)
        Current Drug Seizure Data: Champaign, Piatt & Vermilion Counties
        The New OxyContin: "OP" and its Impact on Law Enforcement
        The Next Wave of Narcotics: Roxies and Opana
        "Shake & Bake Meth"- its recent comeback in Illinois
        Legal Update: Salva, K2/Spice, DXM and "Gray Market" Drugs
        Exotic Botanicals in Illinois: Hawaiian Baby Woodrose, Yopo, Kratom
        The Next Generation in "Legal Pot" JWH-122:
            (Black Mumba, Purple Haze, Funky Monkey, Red Dragon Smoke)
 

  Instructor:        Sgt. Bruce R. Talbott (Ret.)      
                              Bolingbrook, Illinois
  
                             
 

 

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