Fatal methamphetamine poisoning in police custody.
A fatal case of methamphetamine poisoning whilst in police custody is described. Drug identification and quantification in postmortem blood, urine, brain and gastric contents was achieved using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. The blood concentration of methamphetamine was 4.92 micromol/100 g, which is in the lethal range. It is necessary for police officers to have a good knowledge of the toxic effects of abused drugs.
Saito
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Department of Forensic Medicine, Tokai University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan.
Takeichi
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Nakajima
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Yukawa
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Osawa
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