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LiberalArkie

(15,730 posts)
Fri Jun 12, 2020, 04:05 PM Jun 2020

George Floyd Toxicology Report: Explained

George Floyd's toxicology report that was released with autopsy from Hennepin County Medical Examiner's office was released week of June 1, 2020. Nothing in it absolves those officers, and the report confirms what we saw happen on camera.

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George Floyd Toxicology Report: Explained (Original Post) LiberalArkie Jun 2020 OP
Why would they even do a toxicology report unless doc03 Jun 2020 #1
Some states do it as part of knowing why a person died. LiberalArkie Jun 2020 #2
They should have done one on the cops they may doc03 Jun 2020 #4
Testosterone is big with police LiberalArkie Jun 2020 #5
Must come from the donuts. doc03 Jun 2020 #6
From the intermuscular shots LiberalArkie Jun 2020 #11
It's a part of the autopsy. LisaL Jun 2020 #10
That was an incredibly fast turnaround on the toxicology report. PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2020 #3
2 months sounds a little long stopdiggin Jun 2020 #7
No, two months, sometimes longer is apparently fairly typical. PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2020 #8
It doesn't take long to run a drug panel. LisaL Jun 2020 #9
All I can tell you is that those two deaths, the toxicology screen took two months. PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2020 #12

PoindexterOglethorpe

(25,902 posts)
3. That was an incredibly fast turnaround on the toxicology report.
Fri Jun 12, 2020, 04:27 PM
Jun 2020

I know from personal experience that they typically take two or three months.

stopdiggin

(11,382 posts)
7. 2 months sounds a little long
Fri Jun 12, 2020, 04:48 PM
Jun 2020

I suppose it kind of depends on jurisdiction and circumstances. And I don't think there's any question at all that this one goes to the head of the line in any jurisdiction.
(so, no .. not surprised by the rapid turn around on this one)

PoindexterOglethorpe

(25,902 posts)
8. No, two months, sometimes longer is apparently fairly typical.
Fri Jun 12, 2020, 04:54 PM
Jun 2020

I'm not sure why.

My experience had to do with the death of someone close to me three years ago. Two months before that person died, someone I know in Australia died, and the toxicology report there likewise took several months.

LisaL

(44,974 posts)
9. It doesn't take long to run a drug panel.
Fri Jun 12, 2020, 05:36 PM
Jun 2020

Have you ever got tested for drugs for a job related purposes? It doesn't take long at all.

PoindexterOglethorpe

(25,902 posts)
12. All I can tell you is that those two deaths, the toxicology screen took two months.
Fri Jun 12, 2020, 11:55 PM
Jun 2020

One was in Portland, OR, the other in Sydney, Australia.

Both were suicides. And we were told at the outside that it would take about two months to get the results back. I suppose they were looking for a whole lot more different things than a simple employment drug test is looking for.

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