Kevin J Edwards

Light microscopy can reveal the consumption of a mixture of psychotropic plant and fungal material in suspicious death.

Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine August 1, 2015 Patricia E J Wiltshire, David L Hawksworth, Kevin J Edwards 18 citations

Light microscopical examination of plant and fungal remains in the post mortem gut may be capable of demonstrating the ingestion of unexpected natural psychotropic materials. This is demonstrated here in a case in which a 'shaman' was accused of causing the death of a young man. The deceased had participated in a ceremony which involved the drinking of ayahuasca in order to induce a...