M.

J, CADILLAC, WHITE LADY, CRACK

MERY JONE
MARYJUANA

Datura fastuosa
Atropa belladonna
Hyoscyamus niger
Cannabis sativa
Cocaine

Two varieties
Datura alba
Datura niger

Flowers are bell shaped
Hells bells / devils trumpet
Fruits thorn apple
up to 500 seeds
Yellowish brown
Look like capsicum seeds
All parts are poisonous
Fruits flowers seeds
High concentration in roots and seeds

Hyoscine ( scopolamine )
Hyoscyamine
Traces of atropine
Block Ach receptors, Inhibit muscarinic effect
of Ach
Stimulate higher centers, then depress
RS stimulate then depressed
Vagolytic action, stimulate heart

Through GIT, RS, Skin, Conjunctiva
Metabolized in liver
Excrete through urine
Contact with leaves and flowers Dermatitis

Eating seeds- within half an hour
Decoction- few mins
Alkaloids- immediate

8 Ds
Dryness of mouth
Dysphagia
Dilatation of cutaneous blood vessels
Dilated pupils
Dry hot skin
Drunken gait
Delirium
Drowsiness
Death
Fatal dose
15-30 mg hyoscine
100-125 seeds

Fatal period
24 hrs
Emetics
Stomach wash
Activated charcoal
KMnO4
Tannic acid
Antidote Physostigmine
Pilocarpine
Delirium - Short acting barbiturates
Light diet
Control high temperature
External
Asphyxial
Internal
Seeds in GIT
Stomach
Lungs
Seeds resist putrefaction
Large thick
Kidney shaped
Dark yellowish brown
Double edge border
Multiple depressions
Odourless
Bitter
Curved outword
Small thin
Rounded
Pale yellow
Simple
Smooth
Pungent
Pungent
Curved inward
Stupefying poison robbery, kidnapping, rape.
Rail road poison
Suicide rare, accidental in children
Abortifacient
Aphrodisiac
Used as an adulterant in country liquor kick
effect
Mixed with tobacco and ganja and liquor
Not responsible for criminal acts


Europe and Asia
Atropine, 1-hyoscyamine
Root has 82-97 % hyoscyamine
Signs and symptoms as datura
Fatal dose 100-130mg atropine
Accidental ingestion of eye drops preparation
Marijuana
Marihuana
Hashish
Pot
Hash
Grass
weed


Cannabinol
THC
Benzopyrene

Preparations
Majum bhang
Hash oil hashish and marijuana
Routes of intake
Smoking joints/reefers/pipes
Milk bhang
Actions
Depending on dose
Stimulant / sedative / hallucinogenic
Catecholamine release tachycardia
Inhibit sympathetic reflex - hypotension
Stage of excitement
Stage of narcosis

Fatal dose
Bhang 10 g/kg body wt
Charas 2 g
Ganja 8 g
Fatal period
12 hr
Lavage
Strong tea coffee
Artificial respiration
Saline purgatives
Glucose naloxone thiamine
Dizepam

PM findings mostly asphyxial
Medicolegal importance
Accidental overdose
As stupefying agent
As aphrodisiac
Run amok
Ready to die in the battle
Homicidal mania
Impulse to murder
Criminal responsibility
Cultivation restricted by law