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NMS Labs is pleased to announce that Dr. Barry K. Logan, one of the world’s foremost authorities on alcohol and drug impaired driving, has joined the organization as its Director of Toxicological Services. Dr. Logan is certified by the American Board of Forensic Toxicology (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 will be guiding a well-seasoned group of toxicologists at NMS Labs to provide clients with forensic test results in accordance with the high standards of the American Board of Forensic Toxicology (ABFT) and other accrediting bodies.
After earning his BS and PhD from the University of Glasgow in Scotland, Dr. Logan conducted postdoctoral research at the University of Tennessee before moving to Washington State where he served for 19 years as State Toxicologist and Director, Forensic Laboratory Services Bureau for the last nine years. He also directed the state’s Drug Recognition Expert (DRE) Program successfully establishing links between blood toxicology results and observed impairment in individual drivers.
Dr. Logan 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. He also serves on the boards of the National Safety Council’s Committee on Alcohol and Other Drugs, the International Council on Alcohol, Drugs, and Traffic Safety (ICADTS) as well as the editorial boards of the Journal of Forensic Sciences and the Journal of Analytical Toxicology. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences and an active member of other professional groups including the Society of Forensic Toxicologists, and the International Association of Forensic Toxicologists (TIAFT). Dr. Logan was the recipient of TIAFT's 2003 mid- career achievement award for excellence in forensic toxicology.
Since 2001, Dr Logan has served as Executive Director of 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. Dr. Logan continues to teach and conduct and publish research in areas including drug use and driving impairment, and postmortem toxicology.