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In mid-February 2025, two Forensic Toxicologists from Axis, Stuart Kurtz and Laureen Marinetti, attended the American Academy of Forensic Sciences annual meeting. While there, Stuart presented Axis’s data on nitazenes and Laureen presented Axis’s data on drug...
By Laureen Marinetti, PhD, F-ABFT A therapeutic reference range like those listed on the Axis Forensic Toxicology report (Schulz, M., et al.) is provided as a starting point. These ranges are derived from the clinical literature regarding an effective range of...
By Kevin G. Shanks, M.S., D-ABFT-FT Axis Forensic Toxicology prides itself in its ability and willingness to provide continuing education and training for our forensic toxicology clients. One of these educational avenues is the Axis forensic medicine fellow training...
By Stuart Kurtz, D-ABFT-FT This year at the annual meeting for the Society of Forensic Toxicologists (SOFT), we presented data looking at the detections of other drugs in cases with carfentanil detected. This was a continuation of data presented at the Midwest...
Axis Forensic Toxicology is pleased to announce that our Chief Toxicologist, Dr. Laureen Marinetti, has been appointed to the Medicolegal Death Investigation Consensus Body under the American Academy of Forensic Sciences’ Academy Standards Board (ASB). This...
By Kevin Shanks, D-ABFT-FT “Pink cocaine” has been in the news recently due to the death of Liam Payne, one of the vocalists from the pop music group, One Direction. He died after falling from the balcony of his hotel room in Buenos Aires, Argentina. What exactly is...
By Stuart Kurtz, D-ABFT-FT At this year’s annual meeting of NAME, we presented a handful of case reports on tianeptine. We had previously provided some information on tianeptine in a blog post from September 18, 2023. The aim of this poster was to present cases where...
By Denise Purdie Andrews This Fall, Axis’ expert toxicologists can be found speaking in multiple venues, helping to educate our clients and share expertise with other forensic scientists. The National Association of Medical Examiner (NAME) 2024 Annual Meeting,...
