Delta-8 Tetrahydrocannabinol and Driving Under The Influence: Over the past three years, there has been a marked increase in interest in cannabinoid products, particularly those containing Delta-8 Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC). This rise in popularity has ignited debates over its legal status. Delta-8 THC is an isomer of delta-9 THC, which serves as the primary psychoactive component…
Crime laboratories have faced backlogs of unanalysed sexual assault kits (SAKs) for decades. While laboratories have spent considerable effort to combat these backlogs, an often-overlooked issue is the low success rate of obtaining informative DNA profiles of perpetrators when testing these kits. The National Institute of Justice has indicated that the current procedures for analysing…
In the fields of forensic science and legal medicine, one of the most widely utilised tables was developed by Professor Kurt M. Dubowski at the University of Oklahoma. An article explores the origins of various charts and tables that outline the progression of alcohol influence. These regard clinical indicators of intoxication and an individual’s blood-alcohol…
ChatGPT’s Potential in Forensics: ChatGPT in forensic science has potential, from drafting court reports to shorten decision times to helping identify research topics. Studies have shown that ChatGPT can produce formal research papers that often pass traditional plagiarism checks with a high originality score. Even when AI-output checkers identify some of the generated abstracts, there…
Purpose and Popularity: In medicine, practitioners widely use nitrous oxide (N2O) as an analgesic and anaesthetic. Additionally, it serves as a bacteriostatic, a non-oxidising propellant in whipped cream, and as a ripening agent for fruit. You can legally purchase food grade N2O in cartridges and cylinders in many parts of the world. When inhaled in…
