TY - JOUR PY - 2015// TI - Death of a cannabis abuser due to combined effects of gagging and chocking by garbage materials: a case report JO - Indian journal of forensic medicine and toxicology A1 - Sardar, Tanmay A1 - Goswami, Anindya Kumar A1 - Kundu, Sanchita Das A1 - Chatterjee, Saptarshi A1 - Mukherjee, Sandip A1 - Das, Amitabha SP - 1 EP - 2 VL - 9 IS - 1 N2 - Gagging and chocking, both are types of violent asphyxial death. Gagging is mostly homicidal and the majority of the victims are infants. Suicidal gagging is also reported many times from different parts of the world. Accidental gagging is relatively rare event. On the other hand, chocking is almost always accidental. Here, an accidental case of combination of gagging and chocking in a cannabis abuser has been reported.

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LA - en SN - 0973-9122 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.5958/0973-9130.2015.00001.8 ID - ref1 ER -