Current Drug Trends

The goal of this tuition-free, 8-hour Multijurisdictional Counterdrug Task Force Training course is to present an in-depth look at the identification of various controlled and non-controlled substances and their associated paraphernalia that sworn law enforcement officers will likely encounter in their duties. Students will gain an understanding of current and emerging drugs and the various paraphernalia used for their ingestion. The training will also cover the conversion of commonly found legal substances to achieve or mimic drug effects. Students will learn how to visually identify various controlled and non-controlled substances and related paraphernalia; understand the processes of cultivation and/or production of various controlled and non-controlled substances; develop an understanding and recognition of how legal substances can be abused to achieve an intoxication; understand the methods of ingestion of various controlled and non-controlled substances; possible medicinal and/or cultural uses, weights and diluents, associate slang terms used for various controlled and non-controlled substances with their proper names; and identify various methods to conceal substances.

Course topics include:

• Drug Scheduling and Classification

• Narcotics

• Cannabis

• Designer Drugs

• Stimulants

• Anabolic Steroids

• Depressants

• Non-controlled Substances

• Hallucinogens

• Clandestine Laboratories

Register at: http://cpsireg.spcollege.edu/og_register.aspx?24120