NATS 1575 Chapter 6: Week 6- Chapter Six- Forensic Toxicology Reading Pages- 208-245
28 Feb 2017
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The role of forensic toxicology: on new and added significance. Their services are required not only in such legal situations such as crime laboratories and medical examiners offices: they also reach into hospital. Example: performing blood tests on children exposed to leaded paints and monitor the intake of drugs and other toxic substances. analyzing the urine of addicts enrolled in methadone in maintenance programs. The role of the forensic toxicologist is limited to matters that pertain to violations of criminal law. Forensic toxicologist detect and identify drugs and poisons in bodily fluids, tissues and organs in matters that pertain to violations of criminal law. Ethyl alcohol is the most heavily abused drug in western countries. The subject of the analysis of alcohol immediately confronts us with the primary objective of forensic toxicology detecting and isolating drugs in the body to.
