{"id":3287,"date":"2023-09-12T17:58:20","date_gmt":"2023-09-12T15:58:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alessiasantoro.com\/?p=3287"},"modified":"2025-04-28T09:23:33","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T07:23:33","slug":"la-tossicologia-forense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alessiasantoro.com\/en\/la-tossicologia-forense\/","title":{"rendered":"Forensic Toxicology"},"content":{"rendered":"

Poisons, drugs, medications, and various toxic substances are often employed for criminal purposes, as evidenced by numerous cases of homicides by poisoning reported in both ancient and modern literature. However, the underdeveloped technology, the potential methods of administration, and the often generic symptoms have made it very difficult in the past to accurately determine the victim's cause of death. In fact, deaths were frequently attributed to other medical conditions, or, in case of a correct diagnosis of poisoning, were attributed to the victim's accidental consumption or voluntary consumption for suicidal purposes.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Medications, drugs, and pesticides are classified as synthetic toxic substances; natural ones, on the other hand, exhibit a wide variety:<\/p>\n