CONCORDANCE BETWEEN SELF-REPORTED DRUG-USE AND FINDINGS IN HAIR ABOUTCOCAINE AND HEROIN

Authors
PEPIN G GAILLARD Y
Citation
G. Pepin et Y. Gaillard, CONCORDANCE BETWEEN SELF-REPORTED DRUG-USE AND FINDINGS IN HAIR ABOUTCOCAINE AND HEROIN, Forensic science international, 84(1-3), 1997, pp. 37-41
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, Legal
Journal title
Forensic science international → ACNP
ISSN journal
03790738
Volume
84
Issue
1-3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
37 - 41
Database
ISI
SICI code
0379-0738(1997)84:1-3<37:CBSDAF>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
We have presented the results concerning 135 judicial expert opinions over a 3-year period. We have compared the measured levels in hair of 6-acetylmorphine (6-AM) and of cocaine with the habitual use declared by the consumers. This allows us to propose three levels (low, medium, high) of consumption in relation to the level of the 6-AM marker foun d in hair for the consumption of heroin, and the level of cocaine as a marker for the cocaine intake. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd.