Forensic toxicology drug use and misuse
The text begins with an in-depth discussion of pharmaco-epidemiology, including information on the value of nationwide databases in forensic toxicology. The use and abuse of drugs in driving, sport and the workplace are then discussed by industry experts who are conducting case work in their fields...
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Royal Society of Chemistry
2016
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction to forensic toxicology and the value of a nationwide database
- Forensic pharmacology
- The role of amnesty bins in understanding the pattern of recreational drugs and novel psychoactive substances being used within a locality
- Contamination of water with drugs and metabolites
- Understanding the utility of analysis of anonymous pooled urine from standalone urinals in detecting and monitoring recreational drug use
- Mephedrone and new psychoactive substances
- Novel psychoactives in New Zealand
- Cannabis and synthetic cannabinoids
- Khat - chewing it over : continuing "cultural cement," cardiac challenge ot catalyst for change?
- Role of analytical screening in the management and assessment of acute recreational drug toxicity
- Workplace drug testing
- Current issues in human sport drug testing : clenbuterol, erythropoietin and xenon
- Drugs and driving
- Alcohol technical defences in road traffic casework
- New psychoactive substances and the criminal law
- Scheduling of drugs in the United States
- Drug legislation in New Zealand
- Use of reference materials in toxicology
- Nail analysis in forensic toxicology
- Hair testing in forensic toxicology
- Drugs in oral fluid
- Sweat as an alternative biological matrix
- Smart drugs
- Substandard and counterfeit medicines
- Detection of drugs and drug metabolites from fingerprints
- Investigating drug metabolism of new psychoactive substances using human liver preparations and animal studies
- Case examples and discussion.