# What toxicology cannot decide

Topic: Criminal Responsibility Law
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Updated: 2026-08-12T03:37:55.147Z

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#### Card #05: What toxicology cannot decide

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- Topic: Criminal Responsibility Law
- Updated: 2026-08-12T03:37:55.147Z
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Summary:

Concentration is not the criminal-responsibility verdict.

Body:

[UNKNOWN] Therapeutic or non-toxic concentrations do not by themselves establish a person's mental state, medication interaction effects, or legal responsibility at a prior moment; those questions require clinical and legal analysis beyond the assay result. [Massachusetts instruction](https://www.mass.gov/info-details/model-jury-instructions-on-homicide-i-criminal-responsibility) · [Trial Day 7](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YuM1a0J08Y)

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- https://www.mass.gov/info-details/model-jury-instructions-on-homicide-i-criminal-responsibility
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YuM1a0J08Y

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