3rd Edition
Karch's Drug Abuse Handbook
Karch’s Drug Abuse Handbook, Third Edition remains the quintessential compendium addressing the pharmacological, medical, and legal aspects of drugs and informing the forensic community of the latest scientific advances and emergent practices.
For this edition, Dr. Karch has brought on clinical and forensic toxicology expert Dr. Bruce Goldberger, editor-in-chief of the Journal of Analytical Toxicology and president of the American Board of Forensic Toxicology, to serve as co-editor. In addition, world-renowned scientists and medical professionals have contributed their work and expertise in tackling the latest developments in drug testing, drug-related medical emergencies, and the drug toxicology.
Topics addressed include genetic testing in drug death investigation, pathology, toxicogenetics, alcohol, post-mortem toxicology, new psychoactive substances, the latest legal issues and challenges as well as drugs and drug testing in sports, and the ethical, legal, and practical issues involved. Vivid pictures and diagrams throughout illustrate the pathological effects of drugs and the chemical make-up and breakdown of abused drugs.
With unparalleled detail, the latest research and the highest level of authoritative medical scientific information, The Drug Abuse Handbook, Third Edition remains the definitive resource for drug related issues.
Frontmatter
1: Clinical Syndromes and Emergency Room Physician and Management Issues
Section Editors: Gary Vilke, Binh Ly
2: Pharmacokinetics: Drug Absorption, Distribution and Elimination
Section Editors: Elisabetta Bertol/ Donata Favretto
3: Alcohol
Section Editor: Alan Wayne Jones
4: Sports Drug Testing
Section Editor: Mario Thevis
5: Toxicogenetics
Section Editors: Loralie Langham/Peter Lin
6: Point of Collection Drug Testing
Section Editor: Denny Crouch
7: Post-Mortem Toxicology
Section Editor: Dimitri Gerostamoulos
8: New Psychoactive Substances
Section Editors: Fintan Garavan, Steven Karch
9: Legal Issues: United States Law
Section Editors: Eric Lasker/Robert Johnston
Appendix A: Conversion Formulas
Appendix B: Blood Ethanol Concentrations
Appendix C: Volume of Distribution Calculations
Biography
Steven B. Karch, Bruce A. Goldberger
Praise for previous editions:
"A large portion of my forty years in the forensic field has been spent in drug identification. Please encourage Dr. Karch to keep up his good work as he is filling voids in most of our libraries." -Letter from George M. Taft, Jr., Director, Scientific Crime Detection Laboratory, Anchorage, Alaska
"It covers, in depth and breadth, a veritable cornucopia of relevant aspects relating to this important area of study. Virtually no stone is left unturned. This is the most comprehensive volume I have ever had the pleasure of reading." - Joseph Horvat, Weber State University, Ogden, Utah, in Science Books and Films
