To determine the effects of a sudden and sustained reduction in heroin purity on the
toxicology of heroin overdose, 959 consecutive heroin overdose cases autopsied at the …

Blood toxicology results for deaths attributed to heroin overdose during 1995 in the South
Western Sydney (SWS) region (n= 39) were compared with those of a sample of 100 current …

Abstract Background & Aims Heroin use is associated with a disproportionately high level of
morbidity and mortality with most deaths attributable to drug overdose. Aggregate heroin …

Aims To compare the blood toxicology of heroin overdose cases and morphine positive
homicide victims. Design Analysis of coronial cases. Setting Sydney, Australia. Cases A total …

This study examines the quality of street heroin seized in Vienna in 1999 and whether there
was a relationship between the purity of street heroin and the number of heroin‐related …

Aims: To record the concentration of morphine in post-mortem blood samples from fatalities
arising directly from illicit drug abuse in Grampian, Scotland and to explore whether there is …

The concentration of free-morphine was determined in peripheral (femoral) blood from
heroin-related deaths and compared with the concentration in venous blood from impaired …

Aims To compare heroin and other opiate use of heroin overdose fatalities, current street
heroin users and drug‐free therapeutic community clients. Design Hair morphine …

A morphine to codeine ratio greater than unity (M/C> 1) has been suggested as an indicator
of heroin use in living individuals. The aim of this study was to examine the morphine to …

Heroin-related deaths have many causes and occur in a heterogenous group of patients.
The current paper examines critically the literature on deaths attributed to heroin overdose …