GHB-involved crimes among intoxicated patients

Highlights • The first study that assessed poisoning severity of gamma-hydroxybutyrate (GHB). • GHB-facilitated acquisitory crimes were more frequent than sexual assaults. • All victims of GHB-involved crimes showed unintentional GHB intake. • Males were more capable of retaining consciousness despi...

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Published in:Forensic science international 2017-06, Vol.275, p.23-29
Main Authors: Kapitány-Fövény, Máté, Zacher, Gábor, Posta, János, Demetrovics, Zsolt
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acidosis
Acids
Acquisitory crime
Addictions
Adult
Affinity
Aggression
Aggressive behavior
Alcoholic beverages
Amphetamines
Benzodiazepines
Blood
Blood & organ donations
Bradycardia
Brain
Central nervous system
Centrifugation
Cocaine
Cognition
Cognitive ability
Coma
Computer programs
Correlation
Crime
Crime - statistics & numerical data
Crime Victims - statistics & numerical data
Dopamine
Drug abuse
Drug dosages
Drug use
Drugs
Ethanol
Female
Forensic sciences
Gamma-hydroxybutyrate
Glasgow Coma Scale
Heart diseases
High-performance liquid chromatography
Hum
Humans
Hungary - epidemiology
Hypothermia
Ingestion
Intoxication
Liquid chromatography
Male
Mathematical analysis
Methanol
Nervous system
Nitrogen
Overdose
Pain
Pathology
Patients
Pharmacology
Poisoning
Protective clothing
Protein biosynthesis
Psychiatry
Psychology
Qualitative analysis
Quality
Severity of Illness Index
Sex crimes
Sex Offenses - statistics & numerical data
Sexual assault
Skin
Sodium Oxybate - adverse effects
Sodium Oxybate - analysis
Sodium Oxybate - poisoning
Substance use
Substance-Related Disorders - epidemiology
Toxicology
Trauma
Urine
Victims of crime
Violence
Vomiting
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Summary:Highlights • The first study that assessed poisoning severity of gamma-hydroxybutyrate (GHB). • GHB-facilitated acquisitory crimes were more frequent than sexual assaults. • All victims of GHB-involved crimes showed unintentional GHB intake. • Males were more capable of retaining consciousness despite more severe poisonings. • Recurrent GHB intoxications were associated with sole GHB consumption.
ISSN:0379-0738
1872-6283
DOI:10.1016/j.forsciint.2017.02.028