Useful as a text for a one-semester course and as a reference for laboratories, this book introduces postmortem forensic toxicology, forensic drug testing, and pharmacokinetics, then covers analytical principles, theory, and applications. Many chapters have been updated for this second edition, including chapters on analytical principles, alcohol, and antidepressants. Levine is chief toxicologist in the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, State of Maryland. Annotation (c) Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)