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[Accidental drowning due to tropane alkaloid abuse]
Uwe Möbus1, Günter Demmler, Katja Schulz
1Institut für Rechtsmedizin, Universität Dresden.
Archiv Fur Kriminologie
|October 9, 2002
Abstract:
The cause of drowning deaths in good swimmers may be difficult to solve. After homicide, suicide and other kinds of immersion deaths have been ruled out, not only alcohol and narcotics, but also other psychotropic substances such as thornapple and angel's trumpet should be taken into consideration--at least in adolescents and young adults. The article reports on an accidental death by drowning under the influence of tropane alkaloids after consumption of a decoction of the flowers of angel's trumpet.