FC Kugelberg Author
Subjects of specialization
Affiliation
Substance abuse treatment
Department of Forensic Genetics and Forensic Toxicology, National Board of Forensic Medicine, Link
I am FC Kugelberg, belonging to Department of Forensic Genetics and Forensic Toxicology, National Board of Forensic Medicine, Linköping, Sweden, interested in the field of Substance abuse treatment.
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Author(s): AW Jones, FC Kugelberg
Early Career in Drug Abuse with Preference for γ-Hydroxybutyrate Resulted in a Mixed Drug Overdose Death
The recreational drug of abuse γ-hydroxybutyric acid (GHB) is a depressant of the central nervous system (CNS) and is often encountered in blood and urine analysed during forensic case-work. Here we report the results of toxicological analysis of blood or urine from a person arrested for abuse of illicit drugs on 28 occasions over 13 years. GHB was identified on 21 occasions, either in blood (6 times) or urine (15 times). Another popular drug of abuse was amphetamine, which was identified 15 times. The man died from a mixed-drug overdose at the age of 29 years and... view more»