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The science of detecting and identifying drugs and poisons a person may have used for medicinal, recreational, or criminal purposes.
Forensic Toxicology
Drugs that slow down the normal function of the central nervous system.
Depressants
The purpose of presumptive testing.
To narrow down the many possibilities so that more specific tests can later be conducted.
People can be exposed to toxins intentionally, deliberately, and ____________.
Arsenic and Ricin were frequently used in the 17th century.
False.
Arsenic and Cyanide were frequently used in the 17th century.
The extend to which a substance is poisonous.
Toxicity
Group of drugs that promote cell and tissue growth and division.
Anabolic Steroids
The most poisonous biological substance known to humans.
Botulism
Nicotine and ________ are two commonly used stimulants.
caffeine
Rat poison is a common household pest control product that contains Arsenic.
True
The organ that most commonly damaged by alcohol use.
The Liver
Group of drugs that act to reduce pain by suppressing the central nervous system's ability to relay pain messages to the brain.
Narcotics
What makes a drug illegal?
Its not currently accepted for medical use in the United States.
Four examples of Hallucinogens are MDMA (Ecstasy), Mescaline, LSD, and ______.
PCP
A controlled substance is a legal drug whose sale, possession, and use are restricted because of the mind-altering effect of the drugs and the potential for abuse.
True
The deadly nervous system disease that takes few lives because of vaccinations against it.
Tetanus
Group of drugs that increase feelings of well-being, energy, and alertness while suppressing appetite but can be followed by depression.
Stimulants
A test developed to detect arsenic. It was the first use of toxicology in a jury trial.
Marsh Test
People can be exposed to toxins by ingesting them, injecting them into the bloodstream, absorbing them through the skin, and __________ them into the lungs.
inhaling
Mathieu Orfila and Robert Vance were two of the most influential toxicologists of the 19th century.
False
Mathieu Orfila and Robert Christison
The formal term for a post-mortem examination.
Autopsy
Hallucinogens
If a toxicologist cannot find a chemical in a body fluid, what else can he look for?
Metabolites of the desired chemicals
Four factors that can affect toxicity are duration, ________, how it was taken, and interactions with other substances.
dosage
Two bio-terrorism agents are Ricin and Tetnus.
False
Ricin and Anthrax