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Forensic Alcohology

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Contrary to popular belief, hashish and heroin are not the most commonly used narcotic drugs but rather ethanol (ethyl alcohol, C2H5OH, sometimes also referred to as grain or drinking alcohol). Any use of the term “alcohol” in the following refers explicitly to ethanol. In the case of congener analysis (see Sect. 29.3.4), however, other alcohols can also play a role.

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    Reinhard B. Dettmeyer, Marcel A. Verhoff & Harald F. Schütz

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Dettmeyer, R.B., Verhoff, M.A., Schütz, H.F. (2014). Forensic Alcohology. In: Forensic Medicine. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-38818-7_29

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