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Cause/Manner of Death
Categories of Drugs
Testing for Toxins
This and That
100
any substance that causes a harmful or deadly reaction
What is a poison?
100
In 1978, the United States government found 909 men, women and children dead at a colony that had been established by the Reverend Jim Jones in Guyana, South America. It was determined that they had purposely ingested KoolAid that had been spiked with cyanide.The medical examiner ruled these deaths as
What is suicidal?
100
GHB, Rohypnol, Ecstasy and ketamine are classified as
What are date rape drugs?
100
The most useful body substance tested it will often contain traces of the drug or any metabolite.
What is blood?
100
Any legal drugs whose sale, possession, and use are restricted because of the mind-altering effect of the drugs and the potential for abuse.
What is a controlled substance?
200
branch of forensics that deals with poisons or toxic substances and how these substances alter or harm living things
What is toxicology?
200
Former Playmate of the Month Elisa Bridges was found dead of a heart attack at age 29. Even though methamphetamine use was identified, the manner of death is
What is natural?
200
Marijuana, peyote, LSD and PCP are classified as
What are hallucinogens?
200
The body substance best used for testing for ingested drugs or poisons
What is stomach contents?
200
A 19 year old high school student is stopped for suspicion of driving under the influence. What is the minimum blood alcohol level that the student must have to avoid being arrested?
What is 0.0?
300
A type of poison that is produced by a living thing
What is a toxin?
300
Actor Heath Ledger died as a result of his taking a combination of legal painkillers, sleeping pills and antidepressants over time. This abuse of prescription drugs lead to a death that was ruled by the medical examiner to be
What is accidental?
300
Morphine, codeine and heroin are classified as
Wha tare narcotics or opiates?
300
This liquid from the inside of the eyeball may be the only place to get material for toxicology from a severely decomposed body
What is the vitreous humor?
300
A test like gas chromatography that will confirm the identify of a specific drug or metabolite present in a sample
What is a confirmatory test?
400
The chemical formed when a poison or toxin undergoes biotransformation and is turned into a different substance
What is a metabolite?
400
Wednesday morning, September 29, 1982, 12-year-old Mary Kellerman of Elk Grove Village, Illinois died after taking a capsule of Extra Strength Tylenol. Adam Janus of neighboring Arlington Heights died in the hospital shortly thereafter. Adam's brother Stanley of the suburb Lisle, Illinois and sister-in-law Theresa died after gathering to mourn his death, having taken pills from the same Tylenol bottle. It was determined that they had all died of cyanide poisoning. The medical examiner determined all of these death were
What is homicidal?
400
Amphetamine, methamphetamine and cocaine are classified as
What are stimulants?
400
These can be used to identify poisons and toxin from decayed corpses when collected from on or inside the body
What are maggots?
400
The presumptive test for toxins and poisons that relies on an antigen-antibody reaction
What is an immunoassay?
500
Involuntary jerking movement of the eye of a person who is under the influence
What is nystagmus?
500
Steve Jones was found dead after ingesting large amount of hallucinogenic mushrooms. There were high levels of mescaline in his system when his blood was tested. The manner of Steve's death was determine to be
What is accidental?
500
Natural or artificial testosterone compounds are classified as
What are steroids?
500
This area is a major site for metabolites of drug use and is especially good for identifying opiates
What is the liver?
500
An average of fifteen to thirty milliliters of this substance can be processed by the body in one hour
What is alcohol?