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. 2020 May 5;44(8):905–914. doi: 10.1093/jat/bkaa043

Table V.

Number of Detections and Concentrations of the Other Drugs Most Frequently Detected in All the Designer Benzodiazepine Cases [Living cases (N = 554) and Autopsy Cases (N = 21)]

DUID cases/other offences Autopsy cases
Number of detections Median conc. (mg/L) IQRa Number of detections Median conc. (mg/L) IQRa
Amphetamine 327 0.31 0.55 9 0.39 1.2
THC (tetrahydrocannabinol) 275 0.0027 0.0042 11 0.0056 0.0093
Clonazepam 201 0.015 0.028 5 0.026 0.028
Methamphetamine 117 0.23 0.49 5 0.44 1.6
N-desmethyldiazepamb 111 0.16 0.24 5 0.094 0.71
Alprazolam 89 0.020 0.033 4 0.023 0.065
Ethanolc 88 1.0 1.4 5 0.74 0.89
Diazepam 86 0.22 0.29 4 0.13 2.6
Lorazepamd 75 0.018 0.016
MDMA (ecstasy) 56 0.20 0.26 2 0.44
Cocaine 35 0.066 0.10 2 0.019
a

Interquartile range.

b

Metabolite of diazepam.

c

Concentrations in g/L.

d

Metabolite of diclazepam.