Forensic Analysis Of Drugs | How Controlled Substances Became What They Are Today
Finding Genius Podcast
Richard Jacobs
4.4 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 21 November 2023
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, we sit down with Dr. James V. DeFrancesco, the director of the Forensic Science Program and a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Chemistry/Biochemistry at Loyola University Chicago.
With a 34-year career in law enforcement and industrial chemistry, Dr. DeFrancesco is no stranger to the forensic analysis of drugs. Since starting at Loyola University in 2015, he has taught courses in Drug Chemistry, Forensic Toxicology, Quantitative Chemical Analysis, and Environmental Science.
With dangerous drugs like fentanyl on the rise, understanding the forensic makeup of these substances is more important than ever. How are experts managing the impending risks associated with drug use? Join us now to see for yourself…
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- Examples of controlled substances, and how they've evolved over the years.
- How drug manufacturers mark their products.
- How and why drug manufacturers brand their products.
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| 0:30.0 | This is the Finding Genius Podcast. |
| 0:33.0 | That is Richard Jacobs. |
| 0:35.0 | Hello, this is Richard Jacobs with the Finding Genius Podcast and the Good Question |
| 0:42.0 | Podcast. My guest is The Good Question Podcast. |
| 0:43.0 | My guest is James de Francesco, PhD. |
| 0:45.6 | He's the director of the Forensic Science Program, part of the Department of Chemistry and |
| 0:49.4 | Biochemistry. |
| 0:50.6 | He's a senior lecturer, part of the Forensic Science Program. |
| 0:54.0 | All this is happening at Loyola University in Chicago. |
| 0:57.0 | So we're going to talk about forensics and nasty things like fentanyl |
| 1:01.0 | and some of the new opioids that are out there and what he's seeing and what they're doing. |
| 1:05.2 | So welcome James, thank you. |
| 1:06.8 | Okay, thank you. |
| 1:07.7 | Yeah, tell me a bit about your history and then how you got into this, you know, the |
| 1:11.1 | current state you're in and then we'll go into the work that you're doing right now. |
| 1:14.4 | Sure. So you currently, obviously, I'm at the university, but prior to that, I've had about a 34-year career in law enforcement and also in industrial chemistry. |
| 1:24.4 | Prior to starting at Loyola in 2015, I spent 18 years as a forensic chemist at the DEA |
| 1:31.4 | Drug Enforcement Administration in Chicago and I analyzed |
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