{"id":2636,"date":"2013-08-13T10:41:50","date_gmt":"2013-08-13T14:41:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/forensics\/?p=2636"},"modified":"2013-08-13T10:41:50","modified_gmt":"2013-08-13T14:41:50","slug":"marshall-university-forensic-science-spring-graduate-wins-scholarship-from-the-mid-atlantic-association-of-forensic-sciences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/forensics\/uncategorized\/marshall-university-forensic-science-spring-graduate-wins-scholarship-from-the-mid-atlantic-association-of-forensic-sciences","title":{"rendered":"Marshall University Forensic Science spring graduate wins scholarship from the Mid-Atlantic Association of Forensic Sciences"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Marshall University Forensic Science spring graduate <\/b><\/p>\n

wins scholarship from<\/b> the<\/b> Mid-Atlantic Association of Forensic Sciences\u00a0 <\/b><\/p>\n

HUNTINGTON, W.Va.<\/b> \u2013 David Eckre, a spring graduate of the Marshall University Forensic Science Graduate Program, received a $1,000 scholarship award from the Mid-Atlantic Association of Forensic Sciences at its annual meeting in May.<\/p>\n

At the meeting, Eckre presented the results of his research on synthetic cannabinoids during an internship with the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Laboratory (USACIL) in Atlanta, Ga., last summer.\u00a0 His presentation was titled \u201cThermal Degradation of Cyclopropyl Synthetic Cannabinoids.\u201d\u00a0 Co-authors on the research paper were Dr. J. Graham Rankin, a forensic chemistry professor in the Forensic Science Graduate Program, and Dr. John Krsenansky, former professor and director of Medicinal Chemistry with Marshall\u2019s School of Pharmacy.<\/p>\n

The USACIL Drug Chemistry Laboratory processes suspected drug samples confiscated from military personnel including cannabinomimics, the new legal term for synthetic cannabinoids.<\/p>\n

Cannabinomimics are synthetic compounds which have many of the effects of the active ingredients in marijuana when smoked.\u00a0 These compounds are added to inert plant material and sold through head shops and convenience stores as \u201cherbal incense\u201d under brand names such as \u201cSpice\u201d and \u201cK2.\u201d<\/p>\n

Eckre\u2019s internship involved work on an unidentified component of drug samples which included bongs (smoking devices) and other smoking materials which seemed to contain two components. One of the components already had been identified by USACIL.\u00a0 Eckre\u2019s research identified the unknown component and proved it was a product of decomposition that occurs when the identified compound is\u00a0heated.<\/p>\n

In addition to the scholarship,\u00a0 MAAFS awarded Eckre free registration and hotel accommodations at the meeting in Roanoke, Va.<\/p>\n

Eckre graduated\u00a0 May 11 with a Master of Science degree in Forensic Science.<\/p>\n

MAAFS awarded scholarships to three recipients. They were from Marshall, Virginia Commonwealth University and George Washington University.<\/p>\n

Rankin and Dr. Lauren Waugh, an assistant professor of Marshall\u2019s Forensic Science Graduate Program, presented research related to emerging drug issues at the conference.\u00a0 Rankin presented a workshop titled \u201cLegal Issues and Analytical Challenges with Emerging Drug \u2018Analogs.\u2019 \u201d\u00a0\u00a0 Waugh\u2019s presentation was titled \u201c<\/i>A Wide Range of Circumstances Observed in MDPV-Related Deaths.\u201d <\/i>\u00a0MDPV is a common controlled substance found in so-called \u201cbath salts\u201d products which have been very prominent in the news media lately.<\/p>\n

Rankin served as Chair of the Criminalistics Section of MAAFS and moderated the Criminalistics Sessions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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