Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology
  • Year: 2015
  • Volume: 9
  • Issue: 1

Death of a Cannabis Abuser due to Combined effects of Gagging & Chocking by Garbage Materials: a Case Report

  • Author:
  • Tanmay Sardar1,, Anindya Kumar Goswami2, Sanchita Das Kundu2, Saptarshi Chatterjee3, Sandip Mukherjee4, Amitabha Das1
  • Total Page Count: 2
  • Page Number: 1 to 2

1Demonstrator, Department of Forensic & State Medicine, Nilratan Sirkar Medical College, AJC Bose Road, Kolkata, West Bengal

2Assistant Professor, Department of Forensic & State Medicine, Nilratan Sirkar Medical College, AJC Bose Road, Kolkata, West Bengal

3Assistant Professor, Department of Forensic & State Medicine, Bankura Sammilani Medical College, Bankura, West Bengal

4Senior Resident, Department of Forensic & State Medicine, Calcutta Medical College, College Street, Kolkata, West Bengal

*Corresponding author: Tanmay Sardar, Demonstrator, Department of Forensic & State Medicine, Nilratan Sirkar Medical College, AJC Bose Road, Kolkata, West Bengal. Email: addicted.cyanomania@gmail.com Contact No. 9609626552, 9434351036

Online published on 5 January, 2015.

Abstract

Gagging & chocking, both are types of violent asphyxial death. Gagging is mostly homicidal & majority of the victims are infants. Suicidal gagging is also reported many times from different parts of the world. Accidental gagging is relatively rare event. On the other hand, chocking is almost always accidental. Here, an accidental case of combination of gagging & chocking in a cannabis abuser has been reported.

Keywords

Gagging, Chocking, Cannabis, Asphyxia, Autoeroticism