Webinars

JSI President Judge Peggy Hora (Ret.) will speak on Recidivism and Sentencing of the drugged driver.  Unlike alcohol-impaired driving, drugged driving has fewer tools in the field to detect impairment and concentration levels in the body. Drugged driving cases require a judge to utilize a variety of judicial tools to effectively adjudicate these cases. In

Judges are the guardians of our system of justice, but forensic developments in the last 50 years have made their jobs significantly harder. The existing rules of evidence and procedure have not always anticipated new scientific discoveries. As evidentiary gatekeepers, judges must be able to anticipate and pre-pare to rule on admission of new areas

Drugged driving cases present unique problems to judges as there are no per se limits to indicate impairment. JSI Founder and President Judge Peggy Hora (Ret.) will present during this 60-minute webcast and update judges on new trends in drug use and impaired driving cases. After participating in this webcast, you will be able to:

Is navigating through COVID-19 proving to be extraordinarily challenging? This webinar, Testing and Monitoring in the Age of COVID-19, will be an interactive dialog where you can have a voice in answering questions like: How do we safely continue the essential need to test during these times?  What options are there for safe testing without

Every probation and parole officer must be proficient with the basics of alcohol and other drug testing in order to do a competent job. This seminar will give you the fundamentals of alcohol testing in DWI/Drug courts as well as prepare you for new trends in interlock usage.  The seminar will compare and contrast the

Alcohol is the most prominent drug of abuse.  Its impairing effects can be subtle or incredibly apparent.  JSI Associate Amy Miles is the Director of the Forensic Toxicology Program at the Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene and she will discuss the effects of alcohol, even after one drink, and its ability to compromise operating heavy machinery safely.

JSI Co-President Judge Brian Mackenzie (Ret.) will discuss the best practices that make a recovery court judge successful.  He will examine the procedures that have been shown by research and experience to produce optimal results and how these best practices will also improve a recovery court's success. 

Approximately 15% of American employees have been intoxicated due to alcohol while on the job, either from drinking before or during work. Alcohol abuse is a major problem both in the workplace, and on the corporate road. An employee with an elevated blood alcohol level or who is hungover is at increased risk for industrial

A substance use disorder occurs when an individual continues using the substance, whether it’s alcohol, cocaine, prescription pain pills or other drugs, despite significant substance-related problems. A person who has a moderate or severe substance use disorder may put substance use before family, relationships and career. He or she will continue to drink or use

Rates of use remain highest among persons aged 16 to 25–the age group entering the work force most rapidly and 73% all current drug users aged 18 and older (8.3 million adults) were employed. JSI Associate Thomas Page will discuss alcohol use in the workplace, its ability to compromise company safety, and the reasonable suspicion standard for