Annales de Toxicologie Analytique
December 1, 2019
F. Grossenbacher, Y. Cazaubon, Catherine Feliu et al.
Summary We report five cases involving use of 3 Meo-PCP (3 methoxyphencyclidine) with 2 fatalities and 3 non-fatal cases seen in France in 2018. PCP (Phencyclidine) is an arylcyclohexanexylamine, synthesised by Maddox in 1956, and has a potent dissociative anaesthetic drug. One derivative 3 Meo-PCCP appeared on the street market in 2012 with potency slightly lower than PCP. The three non-fatal...
International Journal of Legal Medicine
March 1, 2019
Pascal Kintz, Alice Ameline, Alexis Walch et al.
The abuse of new psychoactive substances (NPS) has been dramatically increasing all around the world since the late 2000s. The availability of hundreds of NPS in the past decade is challenging for both public health and global drug policies. A 39-year-old woman, known as a multidrug addict, was murdered by her partner by ligature strangulation. A comprehensive toxicological screening by gas...
Presse medicale (Paris, France : 1983)
October 2007
Bernard Marc, Antoine Martis, Céline Moreau et al.
The toxic effects of Datura stramonium most often include visual and auditory hallucinations, confusion and agitation. Severe and even fatal complications (coma, respiratory distress or death in more than 5% of cases) are not rare since the lethal concentration of the drug's toxic substances (i.e., atropine and scopolamine) is close to the level at which delirium occurs. A 17-year-old man was...
Annales de Toxicologie Analytique
2006
Yann Barguil, Sylvain Mermond, Pascal Kintz et al.
11 citations
En Nouvelle-Calédonie (N-C), pays français du Pacifique Sud-Ouest, deux tendances inquiétantes émergent et ne doivent pas être ignorées : les consommations de daturas, appelées Herbe du Diable, et celle abusive d'une boisson tranquillisante océanienne faite à partir du rhizome d'un poivrier, le kava, surnommé Narcotic Pepper par A. Shulgin. Nous décrivons pour chaque plante une série de cas...