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dc.contributor.author | Fernando, T. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Gilbert, J. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Carroll, C. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Byard, R. | - |
dc.date.issued | 2012 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Journal of Forensic Sciences, 2012; 57(4):1137-1139 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 0022-1198 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 1556-4029 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2440/73430 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Deaths due to the ring-derivative amphetamines are not common and are usually accidental involving dehydration and hyperthermia. Suicides from 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) and related ring-derivative amphetamines overdose are rare. A 15-year-old female who had a history of depression and previous suicide attempts was found dead with a suicide note. Toxicology demonstrated lethal serum concentrations of MDMA (9.3 mg/L), with 34 mg/kg of MDMA in the liver, 2.4 mg/L in the urine, and 530 mg/kg in the stomach. The cause of death was MDMA toxicity, the manner suicide. While MDMA may be detected in victims in other drug-related or traumatic deaths, it is only rarely used in isolation in suicide, with a predominance in the 21- to 25-year-old range. Despite the rarity of such events, the possibility of a nonaccidental manner of death should be considered when high levels of MDMA and associated amphetamines are found at autopsy. | - |
dc.description.statementofresponsibility | Tarini Fernando, John D. Gilbert, Christine M. Carroll, and Roger W. Byard | - |
dc.language.iso | en | - |
dc.publisher | Amer Soc Testing Materials | - |
dc.rights | © 2012 American Academy of Forensic Sciences | - |
dc.source.uri | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1556-4029.2012.02107.x | - |
dc.subject | forensic science | - |
dc.subject | ecstasy | - |
dc.subject | MDMA | - |
dc.subject | death | - |
dc.subject | suicide | - |
dc.subject | hyperthermia | - |
dc.title | Ecstasy and suicide | - |
dc.type | Journal article | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2012.02107.x | - |
pubs.publication-status | Published | - |
dc.identifier.orcid | Byard, R. [0000-0002-0524-5942] | - |
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