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I Was Selected to Present at the American Chemical Society Conference
A blood alcohol unit conversion error hiding in plain sight
Jun 22
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Aaron Olson
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DWI Boot Camp Sold Out
Well, that went quick!
Jun 12
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Aaron Olson
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DWI Boot Camp: SFST & Toxicology Training for Attorneys
A One-Day, High-Intensity DWI Training Event
Jun 11
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Aaron Olson
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May 2026
Can GERD-Related Coughing Affect a Breath Alcohol Test?
My new paper examines microaspiration as a possible source of breath alcohol contamination
May 27
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Aaron Olson
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Four Cases. Same Rule. Different Results.
A closer look at algorithmic inconsistency in breath alcohol testing.
May 20
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Aaron Olson
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Charles Ramsay
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My Article Hit the 2nd Most Read Article on the Medico-Legal Journal Website
Alcohol absorption timelines matters for forensic alcohol calculations
May 13
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Aaron Olson
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Hidden Assumption in Breath Alcohol Calibration
Why the ethanol water-to-air partition ratio matters when using wet-bath simulator solutions
May 8
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Aaron Olson
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Can THC in Breath Prove Impairment?
Not yet. A new paper highlights progress in breath cannabinoid detection, but the forensic interpretation remains limited.
May 7
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Aaron Olson
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March 2026
An Expired Calibrator, a Court Case, and a Bigger Problem
When forensic errors are found case by case instead of through oversight, the system is failing.
Mar 31
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Aaron Olson
4
Systematic Overreporting of BAC
How differences between mass/mass and mass/volume units produce a ~6% bias
Mar 20
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Aaron Olson
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One organization accredits 94% of forensic labs. That's not oversight. That's a monopoly.
Three labs. Three failures. All accredited.
Mar 16
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Aaron Olson
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Two Papers, One Message: Transparency Matters in Forensic Science
My articles on forensic independence and toxicology testing errors are currently among the most downloaded in Forensic Science International: Synergy.
Mar 13
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Aaron Olson
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