Product Description
Focusing on practical approaches to the detection of drug abuse along with investigations of drug-related deaths,
Karch’s Pathology of Drug Abuse provides a comprehensive yet accessible guide to the pathology, toxicology, and pharmacology of commonly abused drugs. Containing more than 200 all new full color photographs and microphotographs for drug identification, this fourth edition features a new chapter on marijuana along with new material on absinthe and the abuse of khat. This text addresses the major advances in molecular biology and toxicogenetics of cocaine and heroin toxicity. This book also includes all new color graphics on drug production and availability from United Nations reports.
From the Back Cover
Written for practitioners in the field, this critically acclaimed bestseller provides authoritative information focused on the investigation of drug-related deaths and practical approaches to the detection of drug abuse. Organized to provide forensic investigators and pathologists with ready access to the authoritative and comprehensive information they need,
Karch’s Pathology of Drug Abuse, Fourth Edition includes—
• 171 new color photos and microphotographs
• 46 tables of comparative information
• 2,000 new references to the literature
Authored by a World-Renowned Forensic Pathologist
Steven B. Karch is a fellow in several forensic and
toxicological societies and has served many years as consultant
to both the legal community and the pharmaceutical
industry in the United States and the United Kingdom.
His bestselling resources can be found on the bookshelves
of forensic experts and pathologists across the world. They
include the classic Drug Abuse Handbook, and A Brief
History of Cocaine, both in their second editions, available
from CRC Press.