<|begin_of_text|><|begin_of_text|><|begin_of_text|>BOSTON – A disgraced former state chemist may have tainted more prosecutions than officials had first estimated, an independent reviewer of narcotics cases said Tuesday.
More than 40,000 defendants may have been affected by the chemist&apos;s<wm> influence on drug cases after the US Federal Bureau of Investigation was sued for failing to report any involvement with the person, who resigned as the head of the lab where he worked.
Alton Lattimer Jr., who once led the lab at Central Maine Technical College (CMTC), admitted to using drugs with his students in his own experiments, and 11 people had been hauled in for possession charges. His resignation was one he justified in a suicide note to the police.
Alonzo Eddy</wm>, who has defended the use of methamphetamine in drug cases under the brand name methadone and