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Mystery: July 09, 2008 Issue [#2488]

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Agatha Christie used it. Some Armies have used it. It can be a defense mechanism for some insects and animals. Adrian Monk never used it but he has investigated it. Song lyrics include references to it. And one of my favorite hair bands of the '80's has it for a name. If you haven't guessed what the “It” is then let me start off this editorial with a song lyric...

I wanna love you but I better not touch (Don't touch)
I wanna hold you but my senses tell me to stop
I wanna kiss you but I want it too much (Too much)
I wanna taste you but your lips are venomous poison
You're poison running through my veins
You're poison, I don't wanna break these chains

By definition Poison is “a substance that through its chemical action usually kills, injures, or impairs an organism” or “a substance that inhibits the activity of another substance or the course of a reaction or process”.

Now that I have defined what this is about I'm sure that each of you can name at least three different kinds of poison so I'm going to move on into how poisons can be administered into the body...

breathed
injected
membrane absorption
skin absorption
smoked
swallowed

With those six methods and a little bit of imagination the mystery writer can come up with some pretty interesting ways to off our characters. If you want to keep some truth in your writing remember that most forms of poison will leave some kind of a trace behind. If your coroner or medical examiner knows what to look for they can find just about anything.


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