Detection of the antipsychotic drug quetiapine in the blood, urine and hair samples of the victim of a drug-facilitated sexual assault

In recent years, drug-facilitated sexual assaults (DFSAs) have become a growing concern. DFSAs occur mainly as a consequence of voluntary ingestion of ethanol; nevertheless, involuntary ingestion alone or in combination with voluntary exposure has been observed with benzodiazepines and Z-hypnotics such as zolpidem. Typically, in DFSA cases, the time span between the incident and its report is long, as the victims are without any clear memory of the event and unaware of being raped. Even in cases where the victims have suspicions, they are poor witnesses since these drugs cause disordered mental states [1,2].

Source: Forensic Science International - December 14, 2016 Category: Forensic Medicine Authors: Sys Stybe Johansen Tags: Case report Source Type: research