Objective: Study the incidence of drug abuse in persons with unnatural deaths such as traffic accidents, homicide with gunshot wounds, etc. Material and Method: One hundred and fifty three cases with a mean age of 34 years (range 10 to 76) were studied. The decedents were mostly male (92%), with a variety of occupations including laborers (76.9%), traders (15.4%), and student(7.7%). The causes of death were mainly traffic injuries (33%), gunshot wounds (26%) and others (stab wound, poisoning, asphyxia etc 41%). The manner of death was accidents in 40 % and homicides in 28%. Results: Nine percent were positive for methamphetamine or amphetamine derivatives. Tests for Heroin, 6-MAM, morphine, or cocaine were also performed but not detected. T...
Background: Studies on drug use are limited by the study populations available, which usually only i...
Objective: Methamphetamine is the second most widely abused drug worldwide. We performed a study on ...
This paper reports an unintentional death involving the administra-tion of methoxetamine [2-(3-metho...
Background: Alcohol is the most common substance abused. It causes many kinds of injuries and death ...
BACKGROUND: Substance use disorders have repeatedly been found to lead to premature death, i.e. drug...
Some people who use illicit drugs, particularly people who inject drugs and people who are dependent...
Objective: to characterize the profile of users intoxicated by drugs of abuse reported to a center o...
This study investigated causes and manner of drug-related fatalities recorded in 2000 in the United ...
Background: Given the increasing prevalence of methadone overdose and the growing number of deaths i...
Introduction: Illicit drugs include a variety of substances that affect the central nervous system, ...
Background and ObjectivesAcute poisoning is an important medical emergency and in some cases one of ...
Background: Substance abuse is among the main causes of preventable diseases and premature...
Background: Intentional drug overdose (IDO) has been linked with marked increases in premature morta...
Objectives: To examine the characteristics of deaths in Australia where opioids, cocaine or amphetam...
The objective of this study was to identify characteristics of drug related traumatic deaths in Ista...
Background: Studies on drug use are limited by the study populations available, which usually only i...
Objective: Methamphetamine is the second most widely abused drug worldwide. We performed a study on ...
This paper reports an unintentional death involving the administra-tion of methoxetamine [2-(3-metho...
Background: Alcohol is the most common substance abused. It causes many kinds of injuries and death ...
BACKGROUND: Substance use disorders have repeatedly been found to lead to premature death, i.e. drug...
Some people who use illicit drugs, particularly people who inject drugs and people who are dependent...
Objective: to characterize the profile of users intoxicated by drugs of abuse reported to a center o...
This study investigated causes and manner of drug-related fatalities recorded in 2000 in the United ...
Background: Given the increasing prevalence of methadone overdose and the growing number of deaths i...
Introduction: Illicit drugs include a variety of substances that affect the central nervous system, ...
Background and ObjectivesAcute poisoning is an important medical emergency and in some cases one of ...
Background: Substance abuse is among the main causes of preventable diseases and premature...
Background: Intentional drug overdose (IDO) has been linked with marked increases in premature morta...
Objectives: To examine the characteristics of deaths in Australia where opioids, cocaine or amphetam...
The objective of this study was to identify characteristics of drug related traumatic deaths in Ista...
Background: Studies on drug use are limited by the study populations available, which usually only i...
Objective: Methamphetamine is the second most widely abused drug worldwide. We performed a study on ...
This paper reports an unintentional death involving the administra-tion of methoxetamine [2-(3-metho...