Allen M. Jones

Cocaine-related deaths in Pima County, Arizona, 1982-1984

A three-year review of toxicology data from medical examiner autopsies in Pima County, Arizona, has demonstrated that cocaine has rapidly become a leading substance of abuse, second only to alcohol in the frequency of drugs detected by toxicologic analysis of all suspicious deaths, motor vehicle accident fatalities, homicides, and suicides. Gastric contents and urine were analyzed by thin-layer chromatography, and nasal swabs, blood, and urine were tested for the combination of cocaine and its metabolite benzoylecgonine by quantitative radioimmunoassay. A total of seventy-two deaths in Pima County from 1982 to 1984 have involved cocaine. Seventy percent of these have occurred in the last fifteen months. Marked variation in the individual response to cocaine compared to the blood concentration of cocaine/metabolite was noted.

An unusual atypical gunshot wound. A coin as an intermediate target

Foreign objects in gunshot wound tracts are common when the bullets have struck intermediate targets. This report describes a coin struck by a 0.45 caliber bullet and propelled into the body of a homicide victim. The report also describes the condition of the victim, found with lime covering her body.

Suicidal Contact Gunshot Wounds to the Head with .38 Special Glaser Safety Slug Ammunition

Glaser Safety Slug TM ammunition is a uniquely designed, essentially prefragmented ammunition. Tests performed by the U.S. Justice Department demonstrated that the ammunition possesses high kinetic energy, high relative incapacitation index (RII) and poses a very low risk to bystanders because of its total loss of kinetic energy in the target. Despite having been manufactured since 1974, no deaths from this ammunition have been previously reported. The authors herein describe the first three reported human deaths.

Asphyxiation by hanging in two young Hispanic children--homicide, suicide, or accidental deaths? A review of pediatric hangings.

Case reports of asphyxiation by hanging in two young children are presented along with a review of the literature to determine the incidence and manner of death by hanging in the younger pediatric population

An Analysis of Toxic Deaths, 1982 to 1985, Pima County, Arizona

Toxic deaths in Pima County, Arizona, were studied over a four-year period. The deaths were analyzed according to cause and manner of death, toxic substance, and demographic data. The age group 40 to 49 years had the highest rate of suicide from toxic substances. The accident death rate was highest for ages 20 to 29 years. Carbon monoxide was most often found to be the cause of deaths in this study. The most prevalent drugs were narcotics followed by antidepressants, cocaine, and barbiturates. Comparisons are made with similar studies.

A Review of Cocaine: A Clinician's Handbook

This volume is the best single source for current medical information on cocaine and represents the authoritative work of 26 contributors. The book includes chapters on the causes of widespread cocaine use; recent cocaine abuse trends based on the “800 Cocaine” telephone hotline; and medical and biologic consequences of cocaine abuse including fatal reactions, psychopharmacology, central nervous system (CNS) mechanisms of dependency, emergency treatment of acute cocaine reactions, treatment of inpatient and outpatient cocaine abusers, pharmacologic treatment, treatment of adolescent abusers, treatment of cocaine abusing health care professionals, cocaine smoking, cocaine in the workplace, alcohol associated problems, pathologic gambling in cocaine abusers, laboratory detection, psychiatric and psychodynamic factors in cocaine dependence, and the consequences of cocaine and other drug use in pregnancy.

A Review of Encyclopedia of Health Information Sources , First Edition

The scope of this work, to include citations of information on the entire gamut of health related subjects, is extremely ambitious. More than 450 subjects have been included and these are cross-referenced. In many instances, 12 different information sources have been given. These sources include abstract services, annuals, reviews, yearbooks, professional societies or associations, bibliographies, directories, encyclopedias, dictionaries, handbooks, manuals, on-line data bases, periodicals, research centers, institutes, and textbooks.