Forensic toxicology is the study and practice of the application of toxicology to the purposes
of the law. The relevance of any finding is determined, in the first instance, by the nature and …

Anticholinergic drugs based on tropane alkaloids, including atropine, scopolamine, and
hyoscyamine, have been used for various medicinal and toxic purposes for millennia. These …

Prestigious and authoritative, this fully updated fourteenth edition of Simpson's Forensic
Medicine remains a classic; one of the world's leading introductory texts in the field of …

The purpose of this study was to identify the extent and types of drugs found in alleged drug
facilitated sexual assaults (DFSA) in 37 states and 1 territory of the United States. In total …

OBJECTIVE: Drug-facilitated sexual assault (DFSA) is a nonconsensual sexual act in which
the victim is incapacitated or unconscious due to the effects of alcohol, a drug and/or other …

In case of drug-facilitated sexual assault (DFSA), the evidence is frequently anecdotal, with
few investigations based on scientific evidences being carried out and thus most cases are …

Alternative matrices are steadily gaining recognition as biological samples for toxicological
analyses. Hair presents many advantages over traditional matrices, such as urine and …

The victimization of women by opportunistic drug-facilitated sexual assault in leisure
contexts was studied in this work by applying a novel approximation. A multifocal analytical …

Background Knock-out drugs are used to facilitate the commission of a crime, generally
either robbery or sexual assault. Although media reports on the use of knock-out drugs have …

The screening analysis for drugs and poisons always symbolizes the capabilities of a
forensic laboratory. Due to the rapid emergence of new compounds in clinical and forensic …