Citation

Margasińska-Olejak J, Celiński R, Fischer A, Stojko J. Forensic Sci. Int. 2019; 300: e34-e37.

Affiliation

Department of Toxicology and Bioanalysis, Medical University of Silesia, 41-200, Sosnowiec, Poland.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.forsciint.2019.02.040

PMID

31056341

Abstract

The significant increase in the number of new psychoactive substances on the drug market has recently been a serious problem. The manuscript presents a fatal case of suicide poisoning with 3-MMC (3-methylmethcathinone). The biological material collected during the autopsy of a 19-year-old woman, transferred to the toxicological Laboratory in Katowice ToxLab, was subjected to a chemical and toxicological analysis. The toxicological analysis of blood, vitreous humor and gastric contents revealed 3-methylmetcatinone at a concentration of 800 ng/ml, 153 ng/ml and 5,5 mg, respectively. The presence of 3-MMC has also been confirmed in physical evidence secured on site. 3-methylmethcathinone is a dangerous psychoactive substance that caused the death of the 19-year-old.

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Language: en

Keywords

3-MMC; Designer drugs; Fatal poisoning; New psychoactive substances