Koehler Steven A, Ladham Shaun, Rozin Leon, Shakir Abdulrezak, Omalu Bennet, Dominick Joseph, Wecht Cyril H
Allegheny County Coroner's Office, 542 Fourth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15219, USA.
Forensic Sci Int. 2005 Jun 30;151(1):81-4. doi: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2004.07.005.
The process of swallowing or inserting illegal packets of drugs for the purpose of evading law enforcement officers carries risks other than criminal charges. It can be fatal. Individuals engaged in such activities are called "Body Packers" or "Mules". The most frequent cause of the death among body packers is acute drug intoxication due to rupture of the package(s) within the gastrointestinal tract. We present the first documented case of a body packer that died from cocaine intoxication following the rupture of packets of cocaine in Western Pennsylvania.
为逃避执法人员检查而吞咽或塞入非法毒品包裹的行为，除了面临刑事指控外，还存在其他风险。这可能是致命的。从事此类活动的人被称为“人体运毒者”或“骡子”。人体运毒者死亡的最常见原因是胃肠道内包裹破裂导致急性药物中毒。我们报告了宾夕法尼亚州西部首例有记录的人体运毒者因可卡因包裹破裂导致可卡因中毒死亡的案例。
