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Drug Identification
This training course will provide an in-depth look at the most common narcotics currently found on the street, the contraband associated with them, and the physiological and psychological effects.
Course Overview
Course Overview
Course Overview
Course Overview
Course Overview
Course Overview
Course Overview
Drug Identification is a critical tool that every law enforcement officer should know. The ability to immediately recognize narcotics, their paraphernalia, cutting agents, and physiological effects in any situation allows the officer to conduct a thorough investigation and have success in arresting drug violators and seizing large quantities of drugs, firearms, and U.S. currency.
This two-day training course will provide an in-depth look at the most common narcotics currently found on the street, the contraband associated with them, and the physiological and psychological effects. Numerous sample pictures of the narcotics, videos of physiological effects, and procedures on how to properly conduct presumptive field tests will be presented to officers.
This two-day training course will provide an in-depth look at the most common narcotics currently found on the street, the contraband associated with them, and the physiological and psychological effects. Numerous sample pictures of the narcotics, videos of physiological effects, and procedures on how to properly conduct presumptive field tests will be presented to officers.
What's included?
The ability to immediately recognize narcotics, their paraphernalia, cutting agents, and physiological effects in any situation allows the officer to conduct a thorough investigation and have success in arresting drug violators and seizing large quantities of drugs, firearms, and U.S. currency.
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Controlled Substance Act
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Drug Scheduling
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Recognizing Cutting Agents and Drug Paraphernalia
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Common Street Drugs
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Prescription Drug Abuse
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The Opioid Epidemic
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Meth Conversation Labs
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Butane Hash Oil Extractions
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Indoor Marijuana Grows
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Current Drug Trends
Course Lessons
Meet the instructor
Brian Grammas
Brian Grammas is a retired Police Officer with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, where he has worked for the past 25 years. He spent the last 14 years as a Detective assigned to the Narcotics Section before transferring to the Police Protective Association to fight for officers’ rights. During his 14 years in the Narcotics Section, Brian was assigned to the Clandestine Lab / Street Level Narcotics Team and was a Training Officer for the Narcotics Section. Brian ran hundreds of drug cases while managing several confidential informants. He has dismantled more than 100 meth labs and over 200 hydroponic marijuana grows.
Brian is highly trained in tactical search warrant training as well as undercover officer rescue tactics. Not only did he carry out these tactics in live missions, but his expertise led to him training all detectives in these tactics. In 2014, Brian transferred to the Training Section of the Narcotics Section and handled all aspects of narcotics related training that heavily emphasized scenario-based hands-on training. He has training numerous Narcotics detectives through a 40-hour Clandestine Lab Hazmat School which required long hours of preparation and coordination for the school’s success.
Brian is an Advanced Defensive Tactics certified instructor which was incorporated in several of the training scenarios. Brian earned his Intermediate and Advanced Training Instructor Certification through Nevada POST due to his extensive training hours taught and expertise in the subjects.
Brian was certified by the Force Science Institute which is the research and application of unbiased scientific principles and processes to determine the true nature of human behavior in high stress and deadly force encounters. Brian has great passion for training law enforcement officers at all levels and sharing his knowledge to help others succeed.
Brian is highly trained in tactical search warrant training as well as undercover officer rescue tactics. Not only did he carry out these tactics in live missions, but his expertise led to him training all detectives in these tactics. In 2014, Brian transferred to the Training Section of the Narcotics Section and handled all aspects of narcotics related training that heavily emphasized scenario-based hands-on training. He has training numerous Narcotics detectives through a 40-hour Clandestine Lab Hazmat School which required long hours of preparation and coordination for the school’s success.
Brian is an Advanced Defensive Tactics certified instructor which was incorporated in several of the training scenarios. Brian earned his Intermediate and Advanced Training Instructor Certification through Nevada POST due to his extensive training hours taught and expertise in the subjects.
Brian was certified by the Force Science Institute which is the research and application of unbiased scientific principles and processes to determine the true nature of human behavior in high stress and deadly force encounters. Brian has great passion for training law enforcement officers at all levels and sharing his knowledge to help others succeed.
Patrick Jones - Course author