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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Ecstasy and suicide |
Author: | Fernando, T. Gilbert, J. Carroll, C. Byard, R. |
Citation: | Journal of Forensic Sciences, 2012; 57(4):1137-1139 |
Publisher: | Amer Soc Testing Materials |
Issue Date: | 2012 |
ISSN: | 0022-1198 1556-4029 |
Statement of Responsibility: | Tarini Fernando, John D. Gilbert, Christine M. Carroll, and Roger W. Byard |
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. |
Keywords: | forensic science ecstasy MDMA death suicide hyperthermia |
Rights: | © 2012 American Academy of Forensic Sciences |
DOI: | 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2012.02107.x |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1556-4029.2012.02107.x |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest Pathology publications |
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