Overdoses can be accidental or intentional. They occur when a person takes more than the medically recommended dose. However, some people may be more sensitive to certain medications, so the low (more dangerous) end of a drug may be toxic for them; a dose that is still within the range of acceptable medical use may …
Men are perceived as more violent than women and as evidenced by the crime rates, they are. Most criminal crimes are committed by men, but also most criminal crimes (with the exception of sexual assault) are committed against men. Though men are often the perpetrators of sexual assault, we often forget that millions of men …
Forensic toxicology is also applied in cases of post-mortem investigations where toxicology is required to establish if an excessive intake of the drug occurred and, if so, whether this contributed to the death. Forensic toxicology testing allows forensic scientists to identify substances and determine a pattern of use. Suicidal, homicidal, and accidental cases of poisoning …
Forensic toxicology is one of the fields in forensic science that involve detection and interpretation of the level of drugs and poisons for medico-legal cases. The usage of this discipline has been expanding recently and has develop into a mainstream forensic discipline. It requires highly intellectual personnel with sophisticated skills together with the usage of …
Criminal homicidal poisoning is a murder in which poison is the murder weapon. Poisoning homicides are rare and in some cases likely go undetected. There are a total of about 16,000 homicide deaths reported per year in the United States, and less than 1% of these are the result of intentional poisoning. As the symptoms …
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