3rd Edition
Karch's Drug Abuse Handbook
Frontmatter
1: Clinical Syndromes and Emergency Room Physician and Management Issues
Section Editors: Gary Vilke, Binh Ly
2: Pharmacokinetics: Drug Absorption, Distribution and Elimination
Section Editors: Elisabetta Bertol/ Donata Favretto
3: Alcohol
Section Editor: Alan Wayne Jones
4: Sports Drug Testing
Section Editor: Mario Thevis
5: Toxicogenetics
Section Editors: Loralie Langham/Peter Lin
6: Point of Collection Drug Testing
Section Editor: Denny Crouch
7: Post-Mortem Toxicology
Section Editor: Dimitri Gerostamoulos
8: New Psychoactive Substances
Section Editors: Fintan Garavan, Steven Karch
9: Legal Issues: United States Law
Section Editors: Eric Lasker/Robert Johnston
Appendix A: Conversion Formulas
Appendix B: Blood Ethanol Concentrations
Appendix C: Volume of Distribution Calculations
Biography
Steven B. Karch, Bruce A. Goldberger
Praise for previous editions:
"A large portion of my forty years in the forensic field has been spent in drug identification. Please encourage Dr. Karch to keep up his good work as he is filling voids in most of our libraries." -Letter from George M. Taft, Jr., Director, Scientific Crime Detection Laboratory, Anchorage, Alaska
"It covers, in depth and breadth, a veritable cornucopia of relevant aspects relating to this important area of study. Virtually no stone is left unturned. This is the most comprehensive volume I have ever had the pleasure of reading." - Joseph Horvat, Weber State University, Ogden, Utah, in Science Books and Films
