[3 fatalities after communal use of methamphetamine]

Arch Kriminol. 1991 Sep-Oct;188(3-4):72-6.
[Article in German]

Abstract

Two young men and a 17-year-old girl gathered in order to take methamphetamine, the quantity of which remained unknown. After a short time one of the men died on the scene; the other man, who was alcoholized in addition to having taken methamphetamine, fell over a railing from a height of several metres and suffered severe injuries before dying. The girl, who left for home by taxi, collapsed and died in a hospital about 2 hours later. Methamphetamine was detected in the blood of all three people. The autopsy results and the toxicological findings are reported and discussed with reference to the literature data.

Publication types

  • English Abstract
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Alcoholic Intoxication / blood
  • Alcoholic Intoxication / pathology
  • Autopsy
  • Cause of Death*
  • Drug Overdose / blood
  • Drug Overdose / pathology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Methamphetamine / pharmacokinetics
  • Methamphetamine / poisoning*
  • Multiple Trauma / blood
  • Multiple Trauma / pathology

Substances

  • Methamphetamine