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| Marc Gonzalez Pharm.D. - Safe Call Now Board Member |
Marc Gonzalez, Pharm.D, earned his Doctor of
Pharmacy degree from the University of Southern California, School of Pharmacy.
Dr. Gonzalez is the President of Pharmaceutical Diversion Consultants, LLC,
providing training to military, law enforcement, and health care professionals.
His consulting services also include
conducting compliance evaluations for all entities registered with the
Drug Enforcement Administration, including doctors practicing in pain management;
providing education and risk mitigation plans to bring pharmacies into
compliance and fulfill their corresponding responsibilities; assisting in
applying for Prescription Monitoring Programs; providing speakers from federal,
state, regulatory, and local law enforcement; and providing assistance to
wholesalers who struggle to understand
and initiate compliance programs under the DEA "Know Your Customer"
wholesaler standards.
Dr. Gonzalez also provides expert testimony
on all drug related matters from appropriate prescribing to drug facilitated
sexual assault. He also serves as President of the California Chapter, National
Association of Drug Diversion Investigators, as well as a consultant for the
Department of Defense. His responsibilities with the DoD include training and
advising military and law enforcement, and participating in various projects
requested from as high as the Office of the President. Dr. Gonzalez is
currently the lead instructor for the Department of Defense’s Regional Counter
Drug Training Academy at Naval Air Station Meridian. He has also trained at
Midwest Counter Drug, and Western Counter Drug Training Academies at their
resident military bases throughout the country. Dr. Gonzalez has conducted
numerous trainings for military investigative services (NCIS, Army CID, OSI,
CGIS, and USMC CID) throughout the World. Dr. Gonzalez is currently an
instructor for the California Narcotic Officers’ Association and the
International Chiefs’ of Police – Drug Recognition Experts. Dr. Gonzalez
developed the original section on “Medical and Psychological Rule-outs” for the
IACP-DRE. He is also part of the core course for DRE with the California
Highway Patrol, Impaired Driver Unit’s “Pre-School,” and the Los Angeles Police
Department’s “Re-Certification” DRE School. He has re-certified DRE’s
throughout the country. Dr. Gonzalez is a contributing author and editor for
training modules for the Coalition "End Violence Against Women."
