Forensic Toxicology is an interdisciplinary science dealing with and interpretation of drugs and chemical samples for medical-legal purposes the hybrid and analytical chemistry, pharmacy toxicology. ... The forensic toxicologist as ascertain a chain of evidence or custody for each sample analysis, and documents the methodology and data collected, and is therefore prepared to defend the findings in legal hearings or trials. ... About thirty percent of medical-legal investigations are now performed by the medical examiners office rather than coroners' office. ... The circumstances of death ...

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Thus, the human genome project addresses several ethical, legal, and social controversial issues regarding the matter. ... Some less serious but still very important legal, social, and ethical issues will also need to be addressed. ... However, the bad thing about the human genome project for me is that it has already inspired society with the hope of "better" babies, and one way to deploy pragmatism in the analysis of genetic engineering is to look at this promise of "better" babies in its social context: parenthood. ...

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For nearly a century, cloning has been the subject of popular fiction even though the technology was lacking in reality. Recently, with the successful cloning of Dolly the sheep, many suspect that clones of humans or human parts will soon be realized- if not already. Therefore, it has become incre...

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In the United States, there are bills pending in both houses of Congress to ban cloning, and a new National Bio-ethics Advisory Commission is currently examining cloning's moral and legal implications. ... Genetic analysis of embryos may give parents the opportunity to select the "best" of their fertilized embryos, whatever their definition of best, and destroying the rest (Kevles). ...

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