About the Author |
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Preface |
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Acknowledgments |
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1 What a Long Strange Trip It's Been: Our drugged society |
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7 | (2) |
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Drug Effects on Brain and Behavior |
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Drug Use and the Legal System |
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2 A Parent's Worst Nightmare: Drug-Induced Psychosis and Deadly Police Force |
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Over-the-Counter Drug Abuse |
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17 | (2) |
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19 | (1) |
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Testing for Drug Use in the Recently Dead |
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20 | (1) |
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The Drug Expert's Initial Contact With an Attorney |
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22 | (3) |
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3 Show Me the Money: Epilepsy drugs and the four million dollar embezzlement |
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Overview of the Legal Infrastructure |
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Movement of Drugs in the Body |
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27 | (1) |
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Epilepsy, Antiepileptic Drugs, and the Law |
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28 | (1) |
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Adverse Brain Effects of Phenobarbital |
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29 | (1) |
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Drug use and Criminal Responsibility |
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30 | (1) |
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The Drug Expert Letter of Engagement |
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31 | (2) |
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4 The Power of the Poppy: Opioid overdose in the treatment of pain |
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Treatment of Cancer Pain With Opioids |
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Official Prescribing Information for Drugs |
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35 | (1) |
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Medical Malpractice Due to the Prescribing of Opioids |
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36 | (1) |
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Federal Rules of Evidence and the Expert |
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37 | (1) |
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The Drug Expert Litigation Report |
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38 | (3) |
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5 Wrong Place at the Wrong Time: Meth manufacture and urine drug tests |
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The Drug Treatment Court Alternative |
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41 | (1) |
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A Profile of Methamphetamine |
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42 | (1) |
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Environmental Exposure When Making Meth |
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43 | (1) |
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The Detection of Methamphetamine in Urine |
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44 | (1) |
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Rules of Discovery for the Drug Expert |
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45 | (1) |
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Deposition of the Drug Expert |
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46 | (3) |
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6 Hairs of the Innocent: Detection of marijuana in a child custody case |
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49 | (2) |
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51 | (1) |
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Drug Use by Parents and Child Maltreatment |
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52 | (1) |
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Testing for Drugs in Hair Samples |
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53 | (1) |
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Drug Expert Testimony in Court |
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54 | (3) |
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7 Firewater: Alcohol abuse and tribal homicide |
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57 | (1) |
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Alcohol Effects on the Brain and Aggression |
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58 | (1) |
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Research Methods of the Drug Expert |
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59 | (2) |
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Alcohol Abuse in Native Americans |
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61 | (1) |
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Junk Science and the Drug Expert |
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62 | (5) |
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8 Death at the Crossing: Trace cocaine and the denial of benefits |
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67 | (2) |
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Drug Testing in the Workplace |
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69 | (2) |
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Postmortem Redistribution of Drugs |
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71 | (1) |
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Criteria of a Substance Use Disorder |
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72 | (1) |
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The Drug Expert and the Toxicology Report |
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73 | (2) |
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9 Big Little Secrets: Prescription errors, generic drugs, and drugs affecting blood alcohol |
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Medication Errors and Patient Injury |
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75 | (2) |
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Generic and Brand Name Drugs |
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77 | (2) |
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Drug Interference in Alcohol Testing |
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79 | (3) |
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The Drug Expert and Medical Records |
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82 | (1) |
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10 Through the Loo king-Glass: A bank-robbery witness and alleged victim on drugs |
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Drug Effects on Memory and Perception |
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83 | (1) |
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Cognitive Effects of Common Drugs |
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84 | (5) |
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The Public Defender's Office and the Drug Expert |
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89 | (2) |
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The Drug Expert and Pharmacy Records |
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91 | (2) |
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11 I Want a New Drug: fake marijuana, designer stimulants, and hallucinogens |
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Designer Drugs in the Age of Synthetics |
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The Controlled Substances Act |
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Scheduling of Controlled Substances |
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96 | (2) |
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Federal Drug Sentencing Guidelines |
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98 | (3) |
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The Business of Being a Drug Expert |
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101 | (2) |
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12 Where There's a Will, There's a Way: Cancer chemotherapy and probate |
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Anticancer Drugs and Chemobrain |
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103 | (3) |
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Chronic Alcoholism and Neurotoxicity |
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106 | (1) |
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Making a Will and Drug Use |
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106 | (2) |
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Drug-Induced Diminished Capacity |
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108 | (1) |
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Estimation of BAC From Alcohol Consumed |
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13 Speed Kills: Two cases of methamphetamine abuse and homicide |
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Drug Addiction in a Nutshell |
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Methamphetamine and Violence, Aggression, and Psychosis |
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112 | (2) |
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Phases of Criminal Trials |
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114 | (1) |
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Admissibility of Scientific Expert Testimony |
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115 | (1) |
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Daubert Challenge to Drug Expert Testimony |
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116 | (3) |
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14 The Truth Shall Not Set You Free: A drug-induced confession |
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A Short History of Drug-Induced Confessions |
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Drug-Induced Confessions and the Drug Expert |
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121 | (1) |
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Disruption of Thinking and Memory Due to Drugs |
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121 | (4) |
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Involuntary Drug Intoxication |
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125 | (1) |
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The Pharmacist Versus the Pharmacologist Drug Expert |
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126 | (3) |
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15 Snake Eyes: Gambling with the adverse effects of Ambien® |
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129 | (1) |
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Drug Laws and Regulations |
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130 | (1) |
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Approval of New Drugs by the FDA |
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131 | (1) |
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The Dangers of Ambien® Use |
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132 | (3) |
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Examining Pharmacokinetics for Drug Dose and Time |
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135 | (1) |
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The Drug Expert and Big Pharma Litigation |
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136 | (3) |
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16 Reefer Madness: Driving under the influence of marijuana |
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The State Legalization of Medical and Recreational Marijuana |
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139 | (3) |
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142 | (2) |
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Marijuana and Driving Impairment |
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144 | (2) |
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Using Private Drug Testing Laboratories |
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146 | (1) |
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Training Programs for Drug Experts |
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146 | (3) |
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17 A Visit to the Dram Shop: Tequila shots and a traffic fatality |
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Dram Shop Law for the Drug Expert |
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149 | (2) |
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Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol |
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151 | (1) |
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The Use and Misuse of the Breathalyzer |
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151 | (2) |
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Retrograde Calculation of Blood Alcohol Concentrations |
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153 | (1) |
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154 | (2) |
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Marketing of the Drug Expert |
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156 | (1) |
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18 The Devil Made Me Do It: Rape after prison release of an untreated schizophrenic |
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Antipsychotic Treatment of Schizophrenia |
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157 | (2) |
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Treatment of Mental Illness in Prison |
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159 | (2) |
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Postrelease Treatment of Mentally III Offenders |
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161 | (1) |
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Psychedelic Drugs Used in Psychiatry |
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162 | (1) |
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The Drug Expert and Nonuse of Drugs |
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163 | (2) |
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19 Dead Men Tell No Tales: Drug levels in a drowned, a decayed, and a dumpster corpse |
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Insurance Claims and Drug Use |
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165 | (1) |
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Drug Detection in Fluid From the Eyeballs and Other Places |
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166 | (2) |
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Postmortem Detection of Alcohol and Methamphetamine |
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168 | (2) |
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Fetal Remains and Maternal Drug Use |
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170 | (2) |
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The Toxicologist and the Pharmacologist Drug Expert |
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172 | (3) |
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20 Death Be Not Proud: The pharmacology of lethal drug executions |
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Let Me Be Perfectly Clear |
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175 | (1) |
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Capital Punishment by Lethal Drug Injection |
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176 | (7) |
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Lethal Drugs From Compounding Pharmacies |
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183 | (2) |
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The Supreme Court of the United States and Lethal Injection Drugs |
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185 | (2) |
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Alternative Methods of Execution |
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187 | (3) |
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Appendix A List of medical schools by city and state, including phone number |
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Appendix B Sample letter of engagement for the drug expert |
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Appendix C Sample invoice for the drug expert |
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Appendix D Excerpt of litigation report |
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Appendix E Excerpt of drug expert deposition |
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Appendix F Excerpt of a court transcript cross-examination |
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Appendix G Sample toxicology reports |
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219 | (4) |
Appendix H Sample medical records |
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223 | (4) |
Appendix I Sample pharmacy records |
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227 | (2) |
Appendix J Alcohol charts for males and females |
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229 | (2) |
Appendix K Excerpt of Daubert motion against the drug expert |
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Appendix L Drug tests available at commercial laboratories |
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Appendix M Retrograde calculation of blood alcohol concentration (BAC) |
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Index |
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