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Undetected drug addict fatalities

1993; Elsevier BV; Volume: 62; Issue: 1-2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/0379-0738(93)90062-f

1872-6283

Walter Schulz‐Schaeffer, Wilhelm Elwers, A. Schmoldt,

Opioid Use Disorder Treatment

A urine screening in fatalities with an unnatural or unknown cause of death (13–40 years of age) was carried out to evaluate the proportion of undetected drug-related cases. Ten out of 160 fatalities without a hint of drug consumption were classified as drug-related according to the definition of the Bundeskriminalamt; 5 of them committed suicide. Moreover, we found a relevant amount of AIDS deaths from the risk group of intravenous drug addicts not registered as drug-related deaths.