@article{ref1,
title="Fatal Poisoning By Alcohol and Heroin",
journal="Arhiv za higijenu rada i toksikologiju",
year="2007",
author="Sutlović, Davorka and Definis-Gojanovic, Marija",
volume="58",
number="3",
pages="323-328",
abstract="Drug abuse with alcohol consumption have been on the rise in Split-Dalmatian County for a while now. This article reports two separate cases with three deaths due to fatal combinations of heroin and alcohol. The first case of poisoning is related to a young couple, a 30-year-old man and a 28-year-old woman, who were found dead in a car, surrounded by cans of a variety alcoholic drinks. Two needles were found beside the bodies as well. The victims were registered drug abusers who had been in withdrawal programs. The second case was a 29-year-old man who was found dead in a house. Three fresh injection marks were visible on his right arm, and two needles were near his body. He was not known as a drug addict, but he had tried to commit suicide recently. Carboxyhaemoglobin was found in blood samples of both victims from the first case. The concentration was 25 % and that could contribute to their death. In both described cases blood alcohol concentration was higher then 1.60 g kg-1. Toxicology tests were positive for heroin, meconin, acetaminophen, 6-acetylmorphine, codeine, noscapine and papaverine. Ethanol, being a respiratory depressant, combined with morphine drastically increases the risk of rapid death due to respiration failure.   <p></p>  <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0004-1254",
doi="10.2478/v10004-007-0024-4",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/v10004-007-0024-4"
}