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Toxicology
The science behind forensic toxicology
Reliability Concerns Regarding Probation Drug Screens
The NC Department of Public Safety (DPS) has begun relying on less accurate presumptive testing for urine screens for drugs for probation, prison, and DSS cases. The focus of this post will be probation cases, though the testing is the same for prison and DSS cases. Testing Prior to 2014 Until February 2014, the Department …
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Blood testing to begin within days at Asheville crime lab
New toxicology testing at Asheville lab to ease DWI backlog
Houston crime lab labeling errors led to dropped DWI charges
James C. Garriott, Ed., Garriott’s Medicolegal Aspects of Alcohol (4th, 5th, and 6th ed)
False-positive interferences of common urine drug screen immunoassays: a review
Explains possible cross-reactivities/false positives in urine drug screens. Full article available for download.
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Stephen M. Stahl, Stahl’s Essential Psychopharmacology: Prescriber’s Guide (5th ed.)
Cynthia Kuhn, Ph.D., et al. Buzzed: The Straight Facts About the Most Used and Abused Drugs from Alcohol to Ecstasy (4th ed)
Therapeutic and toxic blood concentrations of nearly 1,000 drugs and other xenobiotics
This 2014 article lists the therapeutic, toxic, and fatal blood drug concentration levels for many controlled and non-controlled substances.
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