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Barry K. Logan
Center Executive Director
Dr. Barry K. Logan is one of the foremost authorities in the world on
alcohol and drug impaired driving. He served for nineteen years as state toxicologist for the state of Washington, overseeing the State's blood alcohol and drug testing procedures and established himself as a nationwide authority on issues related to drug and alcohol impaired driving. He directed the states Drug recognition Expert (DRE) Program successfully establishing links between blood toxicology results and observed impairment in individual drivers.
Dr. Logan is Board Certified by the American Board of Forensic Toxicologists (ABFT), and has over 80 publications in the peer reviewed literature including treatises on the effects of methamphetamine, cocaine, marijuana, alcohol, hallucinogens and depressant drugs on drivers. He has testified in civil and criminal cases on behalf of prosecutors and defense attorneys, plaintiffs and defendants in over 200 trials in seven states and in federal court.
Dr. Logan was the recipient of TIAFT's 2003 mid- career achievement award for excellence in forensic toxicology. Since 2001, he has served as Executive Director at Indiana University's Center for Studies of law in Action, 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.
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Recent publications and presentations:
"Addicted to Driving Under the Influence – a GHB/GBL Case Report."
Couper FJ, Logan BK J Anal Tox 2004 Sept;28:512-515
"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
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/injury/research/job185drugs/drugs_web.pdf
"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
"Recommendations for Toxicological Investigation of Drug Impaired Driving."
Farrell LJ, Kerrigan SBA, Logan BK J Forensic Sci, 2007 Sep;52(5):1214-8.
"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.
"3,4 Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (Ecstasy) - effects on human performance and behavior." Logan BK, Couper FJ. Forensic Science Review. 2003;15(1/2).
"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.
"Neurobiology of Depression and Pharmacology of Antidepressants." Logan BK. Society of Forensic Toxicologists Annual Meeting, Portland OR, October 2003.
"Stimulant Use and Road User Behavior." Logan BK, The International Association of Forensic Toxicologists Annual Meeting, Melbourne, Australia, November 2003.
"Methadone Concentrations in a Treatment population, Impaired drivers, and Death Investigation Cases." Logan BK, Gordon AM. The International Association of Forensic Toxicologists Annual Meeting, Melbourne, Australia, November 2003.
"Drug Facilitated Sexual Assault." Logan BK, Forensic Investigation of Sexual Assault Conference, Spokane, WA, Dec 16-17, 2003.
"Lorazepam and Driving Impairment." Logan BK, Thatcher JE. Transportation Research Board, TRB Committee on Alcohol, Other Drugs and Transportation (A3B10), Washington DC, January 2004.
"Toxicology, Technology and Drugged Driving Laws." Logan BK. Plenary Lecture - Symposium on Developing Global Strategies for Identifying, Prosecuting, and Treating Drug-Impaired Drivers. Tampa FL, February 2004.
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