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===Cocaine===
===Cocaine===
*No agreed upon toxic dose<ref name=pmid15075681>{{cite journal |author=Stephens BG, Jentzen JM, Karch S, Wetli CV, Mash DC |title=National Association of Medical Examiners position paper on the certification of cocaine-related deaths |journal=Am J Forensic Med Pathol |volume=25 |issue=1 |pages=11–3 |year=2004 |month=March |pmid=15075681 |doi= |url=}}</ref> - due to tolerance.
*No agreed upon toxic dose<ref name=pmid15075681>{{cite journal |author=Stephens BG, Jentzen JM, Karch S, Wetli CV, Mash DC |title=National Association of Medical Examiners position paper on the certification of cocaine-related deaths |journal=Am J Forensic Med Pathol |volume=25 |issue=1 |pages=11–3 |year=2004 |month=March |pmid=15075681 |doi= |url=}}</ref> - due to tolerance.
*Chronic use may lead to cardiac enlargement.
 
Features (see: ''[[Heart#Cocaine toxicity|cocaine toxicity]]''):
*Chronic is characterized by advanced atherosclerosis for age.
*+/-Infarction.
*+/-Cardiac hypertrophy.


===Ethylene glycol===
===Ethylene glycol===
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