TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2004//
TI  - Analysis of 683 drug packages seized from "body stuffers"
JO  - Forensic science international
A1  - Puschel, K.
A1  - Stein, S.
A1  - Stobbe, S.
A1  - Heinemann, A.
SP  - 109
EP  - 111
VL  - 140
IS  - 1
N2  - The wrappings and contents of 683 drug containers (bubbles) seized from 154 street dealers have been analysed since 2001, when the law enforcement policy in Hamburg, Germany, allowed the application of emetics to be used by so-called body stuffers for the recovery of swallowed drug packages. Of the bubbles recovered 96% contained cocaine. Cases of intoxication have not yet been observed but a 20-year-old man with a previously unknown toxic cardiomyopathy died 3 days after a sudden cardiac arrest which followed the forced application of ipecacuanha via correctly placed nasogastral tube.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0379-0738
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2003.10.025
ID  - ref1
ER  -