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What Can Dead People Tell Us? Postmortem Toxicology for Attorneys

As an expert witness working with attorneys on cases related to drugs, I encounter autopsy reports and other postmortem findings that are trying to tell the story of what happened to a person prior to death. Was there a drug overdose? Was a prescription medication responsible for the fatality? Was the person impaired prior to … Continue reading What Can Dead People Tell Us? Postmortem Toxicology for Attorneys

Opioids: A Primer in Toxicology for Attorneys

Attorneys not only encounter opioids in everyday news. Criminal attorneys hear of these drugs on a much too regular basis when it comes to impairment, fatalities, and street drug dealings. What pearls of science do attorneys need to know about these drugs? How do they work? How do they poison and take the lives of … Continue reading Opioids: A Primer in Toxicology for Attorneys

Toxicology Pearls: Drugs and Alcohol in Civil Cases

Toxicology Pearls: Drugs and Alcohol in Civil Cases” will give a broad overview of what attorneys need to know about the effects of alcohol as well as common street and prescription drugs on the body, interpreting drug screens, how alcohol absorption can be delayed or increased, and the connection between drug levels and impairment. There … Continue reading Toxicology Pearls: Drugs and Alcohol in Civil Cases

Toxicology Pearls: Drugs and Alcohol in Civil Cases

“Toxicology Pearls: Drugs and Alcohol in Civil Cases” will give a broad overview of what attorneys need to know about the effects of alcohol as well as common street and prescription drugs on the body, interpreting drug screens, how alcohol absorption can be delayed or increased, and the connection between drug levels and impairment. There … Continue reading Toxicology Pearls: Drugs and Alcohol in Civil Cases

What Can Dead People Tell Us? Postmortem Toxicology for Attorneys

As an expert witness working with attorneys on cases related to drugs, I encounter autopsy reports and other postmortem findings that are trying to tell the story of what happened to a person prior to death. Was there a drug overdose? Was a prescription medication responsible for the fatality? Was the person impaired prior to … Continue reading What Can Dead People Tell Us? Postmortem Toxicology for Attorneys

What Can Dead People Tell Us? Postmortem Toxicology for Attorneys

As an expert witness working with attorneys on cases related to drugs, I encounter autopsy reports and other postmortem findings that are trying to tell the story of what happened to a person prior to death. Was there a drug overdose? Was a prescription medication responsible for the fatality? Was the person impaired prior to … Continue reading What Can Dead People Tell Us? Postmortem Toxicology for Attorneys

Opioids: A Primer in Toxicology for Attorneys

Attorneys not only encounter opioids in everyday news. Criminal attorneys hear of these drugs on a much too regular basis when it comes to impairment, fatalities, and street drug dealings. What pearls of science do attorneys need to know about these drugs? How do they work? How do they poison and take the lives of … Continue reading Opioids: A Primer in Toxicology for Attorneys