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A fatal case of intravenous (IV) cocaine administration is presented. Cocaine tissue concentrations (mg/kg) in descending order were: kidney, 26; spleen, 22; brain, 14; heart, 6.1; skeletal muscle, 6.1; lung, 3.4; liver, 1.6; and adipose, 1.0. Body fluid cocaine concentrations (mg/L) were: urine, 39; bile, 10; vitreous humor, 2.4; and blood, 1.8. These results are in excellent agreement with cocaine tissue distribution in the dog following IV administration and limited tissue data in previously reported cocaine fatalities in man.
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