FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY

JOB DESCRIPTION

• Forensic toxicology is the use of toxicology and other disciplines such as analytical chemistry, pharmacology and clinical chemistry to aid medical or legal investigation of death, poisoning, and drug use.

OPPORTUNITIES AND SALARY

• >50,000 (Bachelors Degree)
• 100,000 (Doctorate)
• Easier to get a job in more populated area
• Growth rate of 6% from 2012-2022

EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor's degree in forensic science, toxicology, chemistry, clinical chemistry, or a related field.

LANDMARK CASE - FREDERICK MORS

• In June 1914, he immigrated from Austria & moved to New York
• Worked in a nursing home as an assistant
• Suspicious things happened (17 german residents died within four months)
• Used arsenic, opium, and morphine to posion patients
• Anaesthetized the patients before pouring chlororform into their mouth for no traces
• Confessed go crime and was pronounced criminally insane but enscapes prison in 1920 and was never found

The drugs shown here (marijuana, cocaine, etc. are a few types of drugs forensics toxicologists come in contact with every day. These drugs may appear in a victim's body due to their own doing (drug addiction), or an occurrence better known today as ""date rape"".

Different tests are issued to find drugs in a victim's system, such as blood tests. The evidence these scientists test can be from forensics pathologists during an autopsy or crime scene investigators at the crime scene. Forensics toxicologists use chemical reagents and precise methodologies to determine the presence of drugs in a victim's body.

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