CHY 183 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Forensic Toxicology, Alcohol Dehydrogenase, Alcohol By Volume
17 Dec 2016
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Forensic toxicologists: detects and identifies the presence of drugs and poisons in body fluids, tissues, and organs. Measuring alcohol in the body for matters that relate to violations of criminal law. Objective of forensic toxicology is to detect and isolate drugs in the body to determine their influence on human behaviour. Alcohol is colourless, diluted with water, and consumed as a beverage. Alcohol is the most heavily abused legal drug. Is a depressant, affects cns (particularly the brain) Blood alcohol concentration is directly proportional to the concentration of alcohol in the brain. Alcohol appears in the blood within minutes after it has been consumed. Once all the alcohol has been absorbed, max alcohol level in the blood is reached. Alcohol concentration decreases gradually until a zero level is reached. Once absorption is complete, alcohol is uniformly distributed to all the watery parts of the body.
