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Barry K. Logan
Center Executive Director
Dr. Barry K. Logan is Director of Toxicological and Forensic Services for NMS Labs in Willow Grove, PA, leading their crime laboratory and expert services groups. He is recognized internationally as a leader in the field of alcohol and drug impaired driving. He has served as Executive Director at Indiana University's Center for Studies of law in Action since 2001, where he has hosted experts in alcohol and drug impairment from around the world as members of the faculty. The center celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2007, and received the prestigious Institutional Widmark Award from the International Council on Alcohol Drugs and Traffic Safety.
Dr Logan served for nineteen years as state toxicologist for the state of Washington, overseeing the State's blood alcohol and drug testing procedures. He introduced and directed the state’s Drug recognition Expert (DRE) Program successfully integrating toxicology and evaluation aspects to make it one of the most successful programs in the country. He has studied, presented and published papers examining the relationship between driving, impairment and toxicology results for a long list of drugs including methamphetamine, marijuana, MDMA, carisoprodol, GHB, lorazepam, topiramate, tramadol, toluene, difluoroethane, and others.
Dr. Logan is Board Certified by the American Board of Forensic Toxicologists (ABFT), and is active in many professional organizations and committees. He has served as Vice President, and is currently Treasurer of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences. Dr Logan has testified in civil and criminal cases on behalf of prosecutors and defense attorneys, plaintiffs and defendants in over 200 trials in eight states and in federal court, and has served as a consultant to NHTSA, the United Nations, and other international groups.
Dr. Logan was the recipient of TIAFT's 2003 mid- career achievement award for excellence in forensic toxicology, in 2006 received the McGovern Award for innovation in drug abuse prevention, and in 2010 received the American Academy of Forensic Sciences prestigious Rolla N. Harger Award for outstanding contributions to forensic toxicology.
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Links and selected publications and presentations:
"3,4 Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (Ecstasy) - effects on human performance and behavior." Logan BK, Couper FJ. Forensic Science Review. 2003;15(1/2).
"Methamphetamine - effects on human performance and behavior." Logan BK. Forensic Science Review. 2002;14(1/2): 133-51.
"Prevalence of drug use in commercial tractor-trailer drivers."
Couper FJ, Pemberton M, Jarvis A, Hughes M, Logan BK. Journal of Forensic Sciences. 2002;47(3):562-67.
"Lorazepam and Driving Impairment."
Clarkson JE, Gordon AM, Logan BK J Anal Tox 2004 Sept);28:475-480
"Drugs and Human Performance Fact Sheets."
Couper FJ and Logan BK NHTSA publication
"Changing Patterns of Alcohol and Drug Use in Fatally Injured Drivers in Washington State."
Schwilke E, Dos Santos I, Logan BK J Forensic Sci 2006 Sep;51(5):1191-8
"Results of a Proposed Breath Test Proficiency Program."
Gullberg RG, Logan BK J Forensic Sci 2006 Jan;51(1):168-72
"Alcohol, Drugs and Driving." Logan BK, Gullberg RG. In Clarke's Isolation and Identification of Drugs In pharmaceuticals, body fluids, and postmortem material Third edition. Royal Pharmaceutical Society, Dec 2003.
"Endogenous ethanol production in a child with short gut syndrome."
Logan BK, Jones AW. J Pediatric Gastroent. Nutr. 2003 Mar;36(3):419-20.
"Stimulant Use and Road User Behavior." Logan BK, The International Association of Forensic Toxicologists Annual Meeting, Melbourne, Australia, November 2003.
Recommendations for Toxicological Investigation of Drug Impaired Driving.
Farrell LJ, Kerrigan SBA, Logan BK J Forensic Sci, 2007 Sep;52(5):1214-8.
Toluene Impaired Drivers: Behavioral Observations, DRE Assessment and Toxicological Findings
Capron B, Logan BK Journal of Forensic Sciences. 2009 Feb 54(2):486- 489
A Series of Five Deaths Related to Purchase of Dextromethorphan Over the Internet
Logan BK, Goldfogel G, Hamilton R, Kaufmann J J Anal Tox. 2009 Mar;33(2):99-103.
Dextromethorphan and Chlorpheniramine Impairment in Drivers
Logan BK J Forensic Sciences 2009 In Press
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