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  title info:
    non sort: The
    title: Drug Evaluation and Classification Program in the state of Texas
    sub title: a validation study
  name:
    name part: Walden, Troy Duane, 1963-
    role:
      role term: creator
  name:
    name part: Stenning, Walter F.
    role:
      role term: thesis advisor.
  name:
    name part: Lynham, Susan A.
    role:
      role term: thesis advisor.
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: txu
    date issued: 2005
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: electronic
    form: remote
  abstract: A retrospective research study was conducted to determine the effectiveness of the Drug Evaluation and Classification Program (DECP) procedures in order to identify subjects under the influence of specific drug categories. The investigator wanted to determine if the procedures are reliable and whether a drug recognition expert (DRE) can properly apply the DECP procedures to consistently identify the drug category and have that opinion supported by toxicology. A total of 324 enforcement drug influence evaluations (DIEs) were obtained from the DRE data tracking system (DRE-DTS) that is maintained through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Toxicology results related to each DIE were compared to the DRE's drug category prediction. The objectives of the study were to determine if the 12-step DECP process enables DREs to identify drug categories and those most frequently identified and confirmed in Texas. Using the DECP, the DRE's ability to identify specific drugs according to categories and to have the identification supported by toxicology was moderately accurate at best. Of the 324 evaluations that had toxicology results, the DRE correctly identified drug categories as follows: depressants, 60.5%; stimulants, 32%; hallucinogens, 12%; PCP, 46.6%; narcotic analgesics, 51.6%; inhalants, 14.2%; and cannabis, 64.9%. To determine which drug categories were called most frequently, the enforcement DIEs were analyzed according to each specific category. The investigator found the following drug categories were most frequently called by DREs who evaluated subjects: depressants, 182; cannabis, 142; narcotic analgesics, 83; stimulants, 62; PCP, 18; inhalants, 4; and hallucinogens, 1. To determine which drug categories were most frequently confirmed through toxicology, the enforcement DIEs were analyzed for the number of confirmations for each specific drug category. The investigator found the following drug categories were most frequently confirmed throug…
  note: by Troy Duane Walden.
  note: "Major Subject: Educational Human Resource Development"
  note: Title from author supplied metadata (automated record created on Sep. 21, 2005.)
  note: Vita.
  note: Abstract.
  note: Electronic resource.
  note: Mode of access: World Wide Web.
  note: System requirements: World Wide Web access and Adobe Acrobat Reader.
  note: Ph. D. Texas A&M University 2005.
  note: Includes bibliographical references.
  note: Text (Dissertation).
  subject:
    topic: Major educational human resource development
  subject:
    topic: Drug Evaluation and Classification Program
  subject:
    topic: Drug Recognition Expert
  subject:
    topic: Sobriety Testing
  identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/2327
  record info:
    record content source: TXA
    record creation date: 060131
    record change date: 20151102190707.0
    record identifier: in00002102218