Detection of 25C-NBOMe in Three Related Cases.
Journal of analytical toxicology July 1, 2016 John J Kristofic, Jeffrey D Chmiel, George F Jackson et al. 34 citations
A 23-year-old Caucasian male died after being subdued by military law enforcement, having experienced severe respiratory distress. Autopsy revealed mild to moderate coronary atherosclerosis, biventricular dilation, mild right ventricular hypertrophy, and bilateral pulmonary edema and congestion. Blood contained no drugs or ethanol, but urine had pseudoephedrine, nicotine, and cotinine. A designer drug screen detected 25C-NBOMe, 25C-NBOH, and 2C-C in blood and urine. 25C-NBOMe concentrations were measured in blood (2.07 ng/mL), urine (27.43 ng/mL), and various organs. The medical examiner ruled the cause of death as 25C-NBOMe toxicity temporally associated with excited delirium and forcible restraint, manner accidental.