1. Investigator Nathan Bowerman Ontario County Sheriff’s Office
April 28, 2018

2. My Background 9 Years with the Ontario County Sheriff’s Office
Filed Training Officer
General Topics Instructor
SFST Instructor
Certified Drug Recognition Expert (DRE)
DRE Instructor
Former School Resource Officer for Victor Schools

3. What’s going on in Schools?

4. E-Cigarettes

5. Not Just for Nicotine

7. Not your dad’s Weed! Green leafy marihuana still most common
Up until recently THC concentration was around 10%
New hybrid strains being grown have THC concentrations over 40%

8. Other Forms of Cannabis
Butane Hash Oil: Wax, shatter, honey, oil, dabs etc….
Concentrated, highly potent THC
Typically between %50-%75 pure THC
Can get highly refined to above %95 pure THC

9. Edibles Difficult to know dosage Marketed towards children
Dangers of accidental ingestion

10. Pill Problem

11. Safe? Accessibility? More socially acceptable?
Why Do Kids Like Pills?
Safe?
Accessibility?
More socially acceptable?

12. How do they get started? Found in medicine cabinet
Purchased/given from friend/dealer
Prescribed by physician

13. Questions?????