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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Margasińska-Olejak, Joanna
• Celiński, Rafał
• Fischer, Agnieszka
• Stojko, Jerzy

Titel

A fatal case of poisoning of a 19-year-old after taking 3-MMC

Ist Teil von

• Forensic science international, 2019-07, Vol.300, p.e34-e37

Ort / Verlag

Ireland: Elsevier B.V

Erscheinungsjahr

2019

Quelle

Access via ScienceDirect (Elsevier)

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• •3-MMC is a dangerous psychoactive substance, the use of which may be lethal.•The concentration of 3-MMC in the blood was 800ng/ml and that poisoning case turned out to be fatal.•Publication present may confirm observed the relationship between the use of a cathinone derivative and the occurrence of suicidal tendencies. The significant increase in the number of new psychoactive substances on the drug market has recently been a serious problem. The manuscript presents a fatal case of suicide poisoning with 3-MMC (3-methylmethcathinone). The biological material collected during the autopsy of a 19-year-old woman, transferred to the toxicological Laboratory in Katowice ToxLab, was subjected to a chemical and toxicological analysis. The toxicological analysis of blood, vitreous humor and gastric contents revealed 3-methylmetcatinone at a concentration of 800 ng/ml, 153 ng/ml and 5,5 mg, respectively. The presence of 3-MMC has also been confirmed in physical evidence secured on site. 3-methylmethcathinone is a dangerous psychoactive substance that caused the death of the 19-year-old.