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These are 10 common poisons used in suicide or kill people . Univeristy of sulaimani / school of pharmacy

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Many things in this world are available for people to use as a safety mechanism but killing has always been the fool proof choice which is often used by human beings as their ultimate option. It has been millennia since people learned how to eliminate the threat but the methods have been improvising over and over again. Poison is without a doubt one of the most effective of the methods. If we look at our history, we see that using snake poison to kill a person or to defeat kingdoms and countries was quite often but there are a few poisons which are deadliest and can kill within a matter of minutes.
Arsenic has been called The King of Poisons, for its discreetness and potency it was virtually undetectable, so it was very often used either as a murder weapon or as a mystery story element. But thats until the Marsh test came and signalled the presence of this poison in water, food and the like. However, this king of poisons has taken many famous lives: Napoleon Bonaparte, George the 3rd of England and Simon Bolivar to name a few. On another note, arsenic, like belladonna, was used by the Victorians for cosmetic reasons. A couple of drops of the stuff made a womans complexion white and pale. Most common poisons used : #1 Arsenic
The Botulinum toxin causes Botulism, a fatal condition if not treated immediately. It involves muscle paralysis, eventually leading to the paralysis of the respiratory system and, consequently, death. The bacteria enter the body through open wounds or by ingesting contaminated food. By the way, botulinum toxin is the same stuff used for Botox injections! #2 Botulinum Toxin
it is found in a great variety of substances like almonds, apple seeds, apricot kernel, tobacco smoke, insecticides, pesticides and the list goes on. Murder in this case can be blamed on a household accident, such as ingestion of pesticide a fatal dose of cyanide for humans is 1.5 mg per kilogram of body weight. Secondly, its a rapid killer: depending on the dose, death occurs within 1 to 15 minutes. Also, in its gaseous form hydrogen cyanide it was the agent used by Nazi Germany for mass murders in gas chambers during the Holocaust. #3 Cyanide
There are three forms of mercury which are extremely dangerous. Elemental mercury is the one you can find in glass thermometers, its not harmful if touched, but lethal if inhaled. Inorganic mercury is used to make batteries, and is deadly only when ingested. And finally, organic mercury is found in fish, such as tuna and swordfish (consumption should be limited to 170g per week), but can be potentially deadly over long periods of time. A famous death caused by mercury is that of Amadeus Mozart, who was given mercury pills to treat his syphilis. #4 Mercury
Polonium is a radioactive poison, a slow killer with no cure. One gram of vaporised polonium can kill about 1.5 million people in just a couple of months. The most famous case of polonium poisoning is that of ex-Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko. Polonium was found in his tea cup a dose 200 times higher than the median lethal dose in case of ingestion. He died in three weeks. #5 Polonium
This substance is found in two marine creatures the blue- ringed octopus and the puffer fish. However, the octopus is the most dangerous, because it purposely injects its venom, killing it in minutes. It carries enough venom to kill 26 human adults within minutes and the bites are often painless, so many victims realize they have been bitten only when paralysis sets in. On the other hand, the puffer fish is only lethal if you want to eat it, but if it is well prepared, meaning the venom is taken out, the only thing thats left is the adrenaline of eating something which could kill you. #6 Tetrodotoxin
This one is a slow killer a man-made slow killer! But this is exactly what makes it all the more dangerous. Absorption of doses as low as 0.1ml have proven fatal; however, symptoms of poisoning start showing after months of initial exposure, which is definitely too late for any kind of treatment. In 1996, a chemistry professor at Dartmouth College, New Hampshire, spilled a drop or two of the poison on her gloved hand dimethylmercury went through the latex glove, symptoms appeared four months later and ten months later, she died. #7 Dimethyl Mercury
This was a favorite of the ladies! The name of this plant is derived from Italian and means beautiful woman. Thats because it was used in the middle-ages for cosmetic purposes diluted eye-drops dilated the pupils, making the women more seductive (or so they thought). Also, if gently rubbed on their checks, it would create a reddish color, what today would be known as blush! This plant seems innocent enough, right? Well, actually, if ingested, a single leaf is lethal and thats why it was used to make poison-tipped arrows. The berries of this plant are the most dangerous consumption of ten of the attractive- looking berries is fatal. #8 Belladonna
Aconite comes from the plant monkshood. Also known as wolfsbane, aconite leaves only one post-mortem sign, that of asphyxia, as it causes arrhythmic heart function which leads to suffocation. Poisoning can occur even after touching the leaves of the plant without wearing gloves as it is very rapidly and easily absorbed. Because of its untraceable nature it has been a popular one with the get away with murder crowd. Reportedly, it has a particularly famous casualty. The emperor Claudius is said to have been poisoned by his wife, Agrippina, using aconite in a plate of mushrooms. #9 Aconite
Hemlock or Conium is a highly toxic flowering plant indigenous to Europe and South Africa. It was a popular one with the ancient Greeks, who used it to kill off their prisoners. For an adult, the ingestion of 100mg of conium or about 8 leaves of the plant is fatal death comes in the form of paralysis, your mind is wide awake, but your body doesnt respond and eventually the respiratory system shuts down. Probably the most famous hemlock poisoning is that of Greek philosopher, Socrates. Condemned to death for impiety in 399 BC, he was given a very concentrated infusion of hemlock. #10 Hemlock
But in the end one needs more courage to live than to kill himself. - Albert Camus Please get away from this poisons and dont try them

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  • 1. Bryar R.R.Ali Russ Univesity of Sulaimani School of Pharmacy Common Poisons Used to Kill People
  • 2. Many things in this world are available for people to use as a safety mechanism but killing has always been the fool proof choice which is often used by human beings as their ultimate option. It has been millennia since people learned how to eliminate the threat but the methods have been improvising over and over again. Poison is without a doubt one of the most effective of the methods. If we look at our history, we see that using snake poison to kill a person or to defeat kingdoms and countries was quite often but there are a few poisons which are deadliest and can kill within a matter of minutes.
  • 3. Arsenic has been called The King of Poisons, for its discreetness and potency it was virtually undetectable, so it was very often used either as a murder weapon or as a mystery story element. But thats until the Marsh test came and signalled the presence of this poison in water, food and the like. However, this king of poisons has taken many famous lives: Napoleon Bonaparte, George the 3rd of England and Simon Bolivar to name a few. On another note, arsenic, like belladonna, was used by the Victorians for cosmetic reasons. A couple of drops of the stuff made a womans complexion white and pale. Most common poisons used : #1 Arsenic
  • 4. The Botulinum toxin causes Botulism, a fatal condition if not treated immediately. It involves muscle paralysis, eventually leading to the paralysis of the respiratory system and, consequently, death. The bacteria enter the body through open wounds or by ingesting contaminated food. By the way, botulinum toxin is the same stuff used for Botox injections! #2 Botulinum Toxin
  • 5. it is found in a great variety of substances like almonds, apple seeds, apricot kernel, tobacco smoke, insecticides, pesticides and the list goes on. Murder in this case can be blamed on a household accident, such as ingestion of pesticide a fatal dose of cyanide for humans is 1.5 mg per kilogram of body weight. Secondly, its a rapid killer: depending on the dose, death occurs within 1 to 15 minutes. Also, in its gaseous form hydrogen cyanide it was the agent used by Nazi Germany for mass murders in gas chambers during the Holocaust. #3 Cyanide
  • 6. There are three forms of mercury which are extremely dangerous. Elemental mercury is the one you can find in glass thermometers, its not harmful if touched, but lethal if inhaled. Inorganic mercury is used to make batteries, and is deadly only when ingested. And finally, organic mercury is found in fish, such as tuna and swordfish (consumption should be limited to 170g per week), but can be potentially deadly over long periods of time. A famous death caused by mercury is that of Amadeus Mozart, who was given mercury pills to treat his syphilis. #4 Mercury
  • 7. Polonium is a radioactive poison, a slow killer with no cure. One gram of vaporised polonium can kill about 1.5 million people in just a couple of months. The most famous case of polonium poisoning is that of ex-Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko. Polonium was found in his tea cup a dose 200 times higher than the median lethal dose in case of ingestion. He died in three weeks. #5 Polonium
  • 8. This substance is found in two marine creatures the blue- ringed octopus and the puffer fish. However, the octopus is the most dangerous, because it purposely injects its venom, killing it in minutes. It carries enough venom to kill 26 human adults within minutes and the bites are often painless, so many victims realize they have been bitten only when paralysis sets in. On the other hand, the puffer fish is only lethal if you want to eat it, but if it is well prepared, meaning the venom is taken out, the only thing thats left is the adrenaline of eating something which could kill you. #6 Tetrodotoxin
  • 9. This one is a slow killer a man-made slow killer! But this is exactly what makes it all the more dangerous. Absorption of doses as low as 0.1ml have proven fatal; however, symptoms of poisoning start showing after months of initial exposure, which is definitely too late for any kind of treatment. In 1996, a chemistry professor at Dartmouth College, New Hampshire, spilled a drop or two of the poison on her gloved hand dimethylmercury went through the latex glove, symptoms appeared four months later and ten months later, she died. #7 Dimethyl Mercury
  • 10. This was a favorite of the ladies! The name of this plant is derived from Italian and means beautiful woman. Thats because it was used in the middle-ages for cosmetic purposes diluted eye-drops dilated the pupils, making the women more seductive (or so they thought). Also, if gently rubbed on their checks, it would create a reddish color, what today would be known as blush! This plant seems innocent enough, right? Well, actually, if ingested, a single leaf is lethal and thats why it was used to make poison-tipped arrows. The berries of this plant are the most dangerous consumption of ten of the attractive- looking berries is fatal. #8 Belladonna
  • 11. Aconite comes from the plant monkshood. Also known as wolfsbane, aconite leaves only one post-mortem sign, that of asphyxia, as it causes arrhythmic heart function which leads to suffocation. Poisoning can occur even after touching the leaves of the plant without wearing gloves as it is very rapidly and easily absorbed. Because of its untraceable nature it has been a popular one with the get away with murder crowd. Reportedly, it has a particularly famous casualty. The emperor Claudius is said to have been poisoned by his wife, Agrippina, using aconite in a plate of mushrooms. #9 Aconite
  • 12. Hemlock or Conium is a highly toxic flowering plant indigenous to Europe and South Africa. It was a popular one with the ancient Greeks, who used it to kill off their prisoners. For an adult, the ingestion of 100mg of conium or about 8 leaves of the plant is fatal death comes in the form of paralysis, your mind is wide awake, but your body doesnt respond and eventually the respiratory system shuts down. Probably the most famous hemlock poisoning is that of Greek philosopher, Socrates. Condemned to death for impiety in 399 BC, he was given a very concentrated infusion of hemlock. #10 Hemlock
  • 13. But in the end one needs more courage to live than to kill himself. - Albert Camus Please get away from this poisons and dont try them