Research into the effects of alcohol on driving ability is fascinating and voluminous. One area of study has been testing drinking drivers on a closed course track. This type of testing has advantages as it is more realistic than laboratory...
Read moreWith just over a week before the BIG day, my thoughts recently turned to Christmases past. I used to dread the Xmas/New Year holiday season when I worked at the Centre of Forensic Sciences in the 1970s and 1980s. The number of blood samples...
Read moreWhile I’m on the theme of history, having just blogged about my nephew Gregory Wigmore and his recent Riddell Award, I thought I’d continue my thread for one more blog entry. I was fortunate to have Alan Taylor the Pulitzer prize winning author...
Read moreI am commandeering my own blog today to pay tribute to my nephew Gregory Wigmore. Greg recently won the Riddell Award from the Ontario Historical Society for the best article on Ontario’s history published during 2011. Greg asked me to accept the...
Read moreTwice a year I make the trek to Indiana University to teach the next generation of breath alcohol specialists a thing or two about forensic alcohol toxicology. Some of these folks will be police officers, some will be laboratory supervisors...
Read moreNot all books are penned as a result of an eureka moment and, in fact, Wigmore on Alcohol is the culmination of a journey of discovery that occurred over my 35+ year career in forensic alcohol toxicology. I’m hopeful that doesn’t make my story...
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