A comprehensive text on the medico-legal aspects of alcohol and
drug intoxication, written by Canada's foremost forensic
pharmacologist. This enlarged and up-dated Fourth Edition provides
a comprehensive and scholarly treatise on the medical and legal
aspects of alcohol and drug intoxication. A detailed account of
hazardous drugs and drug interactions is provided in the enlarged
chapter on drug intoxication. This eminently readable book can be
enjoyed by anyone, and is a must for every library. This up-to-date
handbook, with 87 illustrations, 143 tables, and 1202 references,
is a complete reference source for physicians, lawyers, professors
of forensic sciences, expert witnesses, law enforcement officers,
and anyone concerned with the medico-legal aspects of alcohol and
drug intoxication. It is essential reading for criminologists,
social workers, and traffic safety professionals. It deals with the
detection and the effect of alcohol and drugs on intent, ability,
and behavior. Its encyclopedic thoroughness explores the
complexities of the relevant basic sciences in depth, but reduces
them to easy understanding, and relates them to the practical
issues of the real world. The author reviews the history of alcohol
and toxic drugs, and describes what happens to them when they enter
the body, and how they act on it. The intricacies, strengths, and
pitfalls of blood and breath tests are examined. The historical
development of breath test instruments is traced, and the
operational procedures of equipment in common use are described.
Formula-based methods for estimation of blood alcohol
concentrations after drinking, that range from rules-of-thumb to
computer-generated AlcoTrace simulations, are presented in
sufficient detail to enable reader use. Factors that affect road
safety are identified, and are related to the role played by a
motor vehicle operator. A review of epidemiological studies on the
relationship between drinking and driving that provide the
historical basis for countermeasures, is presented. The use of
blood alcohol measurements and clinical sobriety tests for the
detection and recognition of skill impairment are discussed in
depth. Pathological disorders resulting from alcohol and drug abuse
are identified and outlined.
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