TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1981//
TI  - The gastrointestinal tract as a vehicle for drug smuggling
JO  - Gastrointestinal radiology
A1  - Sinner, W. N.
SP  - 319
EP  - 323
VL  - 6
IS  - 4
N2  - Four cases of attempts to smuggle narcotics (marijuana, heroin, and cocaine) by swallowing a large number of drug-filled foreign bodies (condoms and capsules) and hiding them from customs authorities in the gastrointestinal canal during transit are described. This is compared with a psychiatric patient who swallowed 48 Vicks Inhalers. Drug smuggling by swallowing condoms or capsules containing narcotics is now a worldwide ethical-legal problem. It also is of therapeutic and prognostic importance as this may lead to such emergencies as mechanical obstruction, rupture of the drug-containing foreign bodies, and life-threatening intoxication of the carrier.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0364-2356
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -