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Toxicology Drugs and Poisons

What is Poison? Anything can be a poison A poison is any substance that, when taken in sufficient quantities, causes a harmful or deadly reaction

In other words… A poison is basically a substance that either harms you or kills you The key: Sufficient Quantities Example: arsenic, water intoxication, oxygen doping

To you… What does “sufficient quantities” mean?

Intoxicant vs. Poison Intoxicant: requires that you ingest a rather large amount to be lethal Poison: only requires you ingest a small amount

Context Clues: What does INGEST mean? What does LETHAL mean?

Toxicology Toxicology deals with drugs, poisons, and other toxic substances, and how these substances alter or harm living organisms (particularly humans)

Forensic Toxicology A forensic toxicologist: Finds a toxin and figures out what would happen to a person that ingested/contacted it

Toxicologist Examples Assess the state of inebriation of an automobile or industrial accident victim Determine whether someone died from a poison or from natural causes Assess whether drugs played a role in a criminal’s actions

Looking for toxins… Most toxins don’t change the body Therefore, the toxicologist must look for other evidence in body fluids

Looking for Toxins Biotransformation Metabolites When one chemical changes into another in the body Also called metabolism Metabolites The new chemicals that happen when the body tries to break down/get rid of a toxin

Metabolite Example: Heroin is made from morphine When someone ingests heroin, their body turns it into morphine What should a toxicologist look for?

Check for Understanding: What is the difference between metabolism and metabolite?

A note on metals: Metallic elements also cause disease and death Iron, mercury, lead, and copper all lead to serious health problems Mercury, lead, arsenic, antimony, selenium, and other metals can kill

Collecting Samples Blood Urine Most useful sample! Modern technology can reveal almost all poisons and their metabolites Urine Doesn’t show how much or when the toxin/drug was ingested

Collecting Samples Stomach Contents Liver Are removed, washed, and tested. Doesn’t relate to how much was in the blood Liver Location where most drugs are metabolized. Can show level of drugs moments before death

Collecting Samples Vitreous Humor Hair Insects Liquid of the eyeball- resistant to decay Hair Absorbs heavy metals and provides a time line Insects Test insects that feed on dead bodies when the body is very decomposed

Levels of drugs in the body: Normal Level expected in the normal population Therapeutic Level a doctor wants a patient to reach on prescription medicine

Levels of drugs in the body: Toxic A level that may cause harm (nausea, vomiting, etc.) Lethal Level that consistently causes death

Exit Ticket On a separate sheet of paper: In 3 to 4 paragraphs, explain why you would or wouldn’t want to be a forensic toxicologist. Use specific information from today’s lecture and at least 3 new vocabulary words. Be sure to highlight all vocabulary words.