Citation

Gjerde H, Mørland J. Int. J. Legal Med. 1991; 104(4): 239-240.

Affiliation

National Institute of Forensic Toxicology, Oslo, Norway.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1991, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

1931742

Abstract

A case of driving under the influence of extremely high concentrations of codeine and ethylmorphine is reported. A high blood concentration of morphine was also found, which in this case was probably a metabolic product of codeine and ethylmorphine. This illustrates that when morphine is found in blood, the sample should also be analysed for other opiates in order to avoid misinterpretations.

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