Forensic toxicology & pharmacology
Alcohol and drug testing. Laboratory methods. Scientific interpretation. Explore the evidence—and understand the limits of what a result can establish.
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Australian New Year monitoring found methamphetamine dominant in wastewater but uncommon among drug-checking submissions. The apparent conflict shows why surveillance methods must be interpreted by population, place,…
Read articleA small naturalistic human study compared methylone with MDMA and measured oral-fluid concentrations. The results support recent-exposure testing but do not establish dose or impairment from a…
Read articleA toxicology review links MDMA exposure in laboratory models to ATP depletion, respiratory-chain inhibition, oxidative stress, and altered mitochondrial trafficking.
Read articleA review estimated nonfatal and fatal ecstasy risks using national monitoring data, but its assumptions show why apparent precision must be interpreted cautiously.
Read articleAn emergency-department study compared 4-FA, MDMA, and amphetamine presentations and found a distinctive combination of headache and elevated blood pressure.
Read articleControlled dosing in 12 volunteers found approximately dose-proportional methylone exposure from 50 to 200 mg, unlike MDMA’s previously described nonlinear pharmacokinetics.
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How laboratories separate, identify, confirm, and measure drugs, alcohols, and other compounds.
22 evidence guidesHow collection, preservation, storage, and biological matrix affect what a result can mean.
15 evidence guidesPrinciples and limitations of blood, breath, and postmortem alcohol and volatile analysis.
5 evidence guidesScreening, confirmation, metabolites, emerging substances, and drug-specific interpretation.
17 evidence guidesThe controls, performance studies, documentation, and review practices behind reliable testing.
18 evidence guidesAbsorption, distribution, metabolism, elimination, timing, effects, and evidentiary limits.
10 evidence guidesSpecimen selection, redistribution, decomposition, and the special limits of death investigation.
3 evidence guides
Attorney. Forensic toxicologist.
Okorie Okorocha, J.D., M.S., M.S. brings legal training and graduate education in forensic science and forensic toxicology to the interpretation of complex evidence.
This library connects analytical methods, specimen quality, and pharmacology with the questions that matter in a scientific review.
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