About this event
This presentation will provide an overview of new synthetic drugs detected in forensic casework.
The use and prevalence of potent new synthetic drugs has increased substantially over the last few years. Many of these drugs known as novel psychoactive substances (NPS) have resulted in hospitalisation as well as increasing numbers of deaths. This presentation will provide an overview of the range of NPS identified in a forensic setting (both clinical and postmortem) as well as the associated harm-related outcomes.
The use and prevalence of potent new synthetic drugs has increased substantially over the last few years. Many of these drugs known as novel psychoactive substances (NPS) have resulted in hospitalisation as well as increasing numbers of deaths. This presentation will provide an overview of the range of NPS identified in a forensic setting (both clinical and postmortem) as well as the associated harm-related outcomes.
About the speaker
Dimitri Gerostamoulos is currently a Toxicologist and Pharmacologist and holds a Doctor of Philosophy (Medicine) in the field of Forensic Toxicology and a Bachelor of Science (Honours) degree, both from Monash University. He has published numerous scientiofic papers and chapters in books and is an active member of The International Association of Forensic Toxicologists (TIAFT). He is also a member of the Society of Forensic Toxicologists (SOFT), Society of Hair Testing (SOHT) and the Foresnic and Clinical Toxicology Association of Australasia (FACTA Inc). Dimitri is also an approved accreditiation assessor for the National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia (NATA) in Forensic Science. Dimitri has given evidence in more than 150 cases in criminal and civil courts and at coronial inquests in the field of toxicology and pharmacology and has provided opinions on a number of other cases around Australia in relation to the pharmacology of drugs, effects of drugs on drivers, and analytical and toxicological issues in realtion to drugs in hair, blood, urine and other matrices.