Panel backs SB 5,880 to allow accredited private labs as one route to clear toxicology backlog City attorneys, traffic-safety experts and prosecutors told the Law and Justice Committee about a severe toxicology backlog — 19,000 referrals and turnaround of up to 22 months for drug reports — and debated SB 5,880’s option to admit results from ISO/IEC 17025‑accredited labs while raising concerns about local fiscal burdens and confrontation-clause evidence rules.

Senators are divided over SB 5,880, a bill aimed at tackling Washington's staggering toxicology backlog that leaves DUI cases hanging for up to 22 months.

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Right Atrial Perforation in the Setting of Methamphetamine-Associated Cardiomyopathy

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A Five-Year Review of Pesticide Deaths in Pretoria, South Africa

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An Accidental Death Due to Ingestion of Isobutyl Nitrite

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Data-Based Method to Reduce Unnecessary Autopsies in Suspected Overdose Deaths

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Triple Homicide With Thallium Sulfate: Microscopic Postmortem Findings at Different Survival Time

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Suicide by Inhalation of Carbon Monoxide Produced by Mixing Formic Acid and Sulfuric Acid

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Invisible Killers, Inevitable Traces: Innovations in Forensic Toxicology from Around the World: Journal of Forensic Sciences Click on the title to browse this issue

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To celebrate #NFSW2025, JFS compiled the Virtual Issue “Killers, Inevitable Traces: Innovations in Forensic Toxicology from Around the World.”

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Fatal Potassium Thiocyanate Poisoning Presenting With Falsely Elevated Chloride Concentration

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Semaglutide and GLP-1 Agonists: Forensic and Medicolegal Implications

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Confusing, Understudied Drug on the Rise in the U.S. A new drug concoction that poses unique risks and has been heavily under-researched has made its way from Latin America and Europe to the U.S. recently.

A new drug concoction that poses unique risks and has been heavily under-researched has made its way from Latin America and Europe to the U.S. recently.
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Difference in Central and Peripheral Total Tryptase... : The American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology een central and peripheral blood samples in fatal anaphylaxis. We document a death from anaphylaxis triggered by radiocontrast. Postmortem total tryptase concentrations/levels in arterial and venous c...

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Difference in Central and Peripheral Total Tryptase Concentration/Level in Fatal Anaphylaxis

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Is Obesity a Factor in Lethal Opioid Toxicity? : The American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology deaths may occur at lower blood levels. To investigate this possibility, case files at Forensic Science SA, Adelaide Australia, were reviewed for all cases that occurred between 2000 and 2019 where de...

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Is Obesity a Factor in Lethal Opioid Toxicity?

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Bladder Wash as an Alternative Postmortem Toxicology... : The American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology ecent study has demonstrated that bladder wash is an effective alternative specimen in postmortem forensic toxicology. The current study aimed to assess forensic pathologists' opinions on the use of b...

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Bladder Wash as an Alternative Postmortem Toxicology Specimen: Forensic Pathologists' Perspectives

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Flecainide Intoxication: An Unusual Case of Suicide : The American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology on and ensuing morbidity and mortality. Here we report an unusual case of suicide by intentional flecainide overdose. This case demonstrates the importance of early recognition and treatment in avoidi...

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Flecainide Intoxication: An Unusual Case of Suicide

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New and Emerging “Nitazene” Analogues Appearing in Medicolegal Death Investigations: N-Pyrrolidino Protonitazene and N-Desethyl Isotonitazene

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Preventing Fentanyl-Related Overdose Deaths with Naloxone—A ... : The American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology espread availability and use of naloxone in the following circumstances: a witnessed arrest, a person suffering an overdose found within 30 minutes of last being known alive, a person found unresponsi...

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Preventing Fentanyl-Related Overdose Deaths with Naloxone—A Medical Examiner Study

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Homemade Fentanyl Suicide Machine Used in Experiment to Prove Existence of the Multiverse

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The Postmortem Pathology of Sudden Death in Chronic Alcohol ... : The American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology o sudden, unexpected or violent deaths. These warrant special attention. In this review, we examine the approach to postmortem examination where alcohol is likely to have played a key role in death. A...

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