Hands-On Cooks

Instructors:

Terry Dal Cason

– Mr. Dal Cason is a retired DEA Sr. Research Chemist with over 40 years of experience in drug Chemistry. His major area of concentration was clandestine laboratories and the synthesis of “designer drugs.” He currently teaches methamphetamine synthesis at the DEA academy in Quantico, VA. On a bi-monthly basis. He is also a board member at large for CLIA with responsibility for the “Hands on cooks” held at the university.

Harry Skinner

retired Sr. Research Forensic Chemist for the Drug Enforcement Administration for 37 years. Skinner has extensive experience in drug analysis and drug synthesis particularly in clandestine drug synthesis. He has taught numerous classes in clandestine laboratory investigations, including the investigation, safety, seizure, processing, analysis, and testifying in court.

Tim McKibben

See Above

DEA Assigned Chemist

To be announced

Course Description:

This course is presented to enhance court room testimony by allowing law enforcement officers the opportunity to manufacture methamphetamine, MDMA, and other illicit drugs (as chemical availability allows) in a university laboratory. The student is guided by world-class chemists who explain the process as the students progress through each stage of manufacture.