Publications
--At LAPD created the SID Newsletter promoting crime lab services.
--Created the Asset Forfeiture Newsletter in Narcotics Division.
--Wrote basic script for “Just A Routine Traffic Stop,”a training film about prescription drug diversion, produced by the Drug Enforcement Administration (won five national awards) in 1998.
--Wrote script for and narrated a video on awareness/prevention of drug-facilitated sexual assaults.
--Article entitled“Our Nation’s Exploding Drug Crisis,”published in California Narcotics Officers Association magazine August 1999.
--An article entitled, “A Killer on the Loose,”published in the California Highway Patrol magazine August 1997.
--An article on GHB in the IACP magazine May 2000.
--An article entitled “GHB—Forever Changing the Fabric of Sexual Assault Investigations,”in the Sexual Assault Report (Jan/Feb 2000, Vol. 3, #3.
--“While You Were Sleeping: Chronicle of a GHB Trip,” 1999 (self published) booklet, available at www.projectghb.organd www.trendydrugs.org.
--“GHB & Its Analogs: The Hidden Curse of Addiction,”2001, updated 2002, (self published) available at www.trendydrugs.org. Cited in the American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, “Two Cases of Severe GHB Withdrawal Delirium on a Psychiatric Unit: Recommendations for Management,” Vol. 29, No. 2, pp. 487-496, 2003.
--Also produced/market Power Point presentations on club drugs and investigating drug-facilitated sexual assaults, and a presentation for high school and college students.
--Co-authored a chapter (with Joanne Archambault and Peter Sturman) on the drugs used in sexual assault in Drug Facilitated Sexual Assault Handbook,Academic Press, published 2000, edited by Marc LeBeau and Ashraf Mozayani.
--Article entitled“Sorting Through The Alphabet Soup”published in California Correctional News, Nov/Dec 2002.
--Authored chapter, “RAVE & Club Drugs: Danger in the Dance & Behind the Wheel,”in Dr. Marcelline Burns’ & Thomas Page’s book, Drug Information Handbook for the Criminal Justice Professional,Lexi-Comp & Copware Publishers.
--Authored chapter, “The Rave and Club Drug Phenomenon: Dancing with Darkness and Danger,”in Dr. Marcelline Burns’ book, Medical-Legal Aspects of Drugs, published by Lawyers & Judges Publishing Co, 2003.
--Authored chapter, “GHB,”in Dr. Burns/Tom Page book Medical-Legal Aspects of Abused Substances—Old and New – Licit and Illicit, Lawyers & Judges Publishing, 2005.
--“The Courtship and Tragedy of GHB: Conference Tackles Emerging Addiction Challenge,” NAADAC News, Vol. 13, No. 1, February 2003.
--Training materials have been reprinted extensively and made available in training sessions for thousands of officers and other professionals.
--Authored poster session “GHB & MDMA: Danger Behind The Wheel”for 2005 Lifesavers Conference in Charlotte, N. Carolina (National Conference on Highway Safety Priorities).
--Edited the book/authored chapters in Project GHB’s book on GHB addiction. Published by Law Tech Publishing and titled,G’d Up 24/7: The GHB Addiction Guide. 2007
--Editor of updated version of Drug ID & Symptoms Guideby Law Tech Publishing. In print June 2007.
--Chapter author, “Jesse, A Case Study In Sexual Assault,”in True Blue: To Protect & Serve, edited by Randy Sutton, published by St. Martin’s Press and distributed by the National Law Enforcement Officer’s Memorial Fund.
--Zvosec D, Dyer J, Porrata T, Smith S, Strobl A.Q. Preventable deaths associated with Gamma hydroxybutyrate (GHB) ingestion: 226 fatalities(Abstract 49). Eur J Emerg Med 2008;15(5):304.
--Zvosec D, Smith S, Porrata T, Strobl A, Dyer J. Fatal motor vehicle collisions while Gamma hydroxybutyrate (GHB)-intoxicated. Proceedings of the Joint Annual Meeting of the International Council on Alcohol, Drugs, and Traffic Safety (ICADTS) and the International Association of Forensic Toxicologists (TIAFT), Seattle, WA, August 29, 2007.
--Porrata, Sandra Harrell, Erin Volk, Confronting Drug-Facilitated Sexual Assault on Campus, for CALCASA via OVW grant, 2007.
--Zvosec DL, Smith SW, Porrata T, Strobl AQ, Dyer J. Preventable deaths from Gamma hydroxybutyrate ingestion. Abstract 247. Annals of Emergency Medicine 2006;48(4):S75.
--Zvosec DL,Smith SW, Porrata T, Quinn AQ, Dyer JE.226Gamma hydroxybutyrate (GHB)-associated fatalities: Overlap of postmortem GHB levels with endogenous, therapeutic, and non-fatal GHB toxicity cases and factors supporting exogenous origin. Presentation at the Annual Meeting of the National Association of Medical Examiners, Savannah GA, October 13, 2007.