Overview of Forensic Toxicology, Yesterday, Today and in the Future

Dear Colleagues,

Forensic toxicology is currently facing the challenges of great analytical complexity and of increasingly sophisticated interpretative models of laboratory parameters. These developments imply a continued improvement in the investigative methodologies useful for the evaluation of xenobiotics both in living and in post-mortem samples. This Special Issue of Toxics aims to explore all areas of scientific research concerning traditional and emerging substances of abuse, inviting elaborations of their forensic and clinical implications; discussions of analytical approaches to different samples of the human body; the impact of drugs on human health and behavior, with a focus on vulnerable populations such as child exposed to drugs of abuse; adverse drug events in inmates; guidelines on medical approaches to maintenance and tolerance treatment, drug misuse and related death. Interdisciplinary and integrated forensic toxicology studies that meet these requirements are welcomed by this Special Issue.

Case studies concerning intoxication from substance abuse and overdoses of psychotropic drugs are welcomed. Other topics of interest include translational, pharmacogenetic and pharmacogenomic research, relating to substances of abuse and psychotropic drugs, in living people and post-mortem forensic casuistry; driving under the influence of alcohol and other substances of abuse; drug-facilitated sexual assault; emerging studies of postmortem biochemistry; in-depth examinations of death from intentional poisoning; suicidal and homicidal deaths induced by drugs and substances of abuse; and child accidental intoxication.

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Dr. Antonina Argo
Dr. Marija Caplinskiene
Guest Editors

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