@article{ref1,
title="The lethal cutting: an unexpected cause of death",
journal="Journal of analytical toxicology",
year="2021",
author="Zoja, Riccardo and Gentile, Guendalina and Muccino, Enrico and Boracchi, Michele and Di Candia, Domenico",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="Cocaine is among the illicit substances most frequently implicated in deaths related to the use of drugs of abuse both worldwide and in Italy. Cutting agents involved in  the adulterations of this substance are many and the process of lacing can take  place at various stages of the production of the drug. In this Report we are  discussing the case of a 27-year-old woman found death next to her car in a wooded  area in the suburban area of Milan. On the crime scene, several specimens of white  powder were collected and subsequently analyzed via Q-Exactive Orbitrap with a HPLC  system and LC/MS-MS analysis along with biological matrices sampled during autopsy  examination. The toxicological analysis revealed that the death could be ascribed to  a lethal dose of methomyl, a carbamide pesticide used as cutting agent for cocaine. According to Literature, this is the first time that this substance is used as an  adulterant.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0146-4760",
doi="10.1093/jat/bkab006",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jat/bkab006"
}