Card #03: What toxicology cannot decide
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Concentration is not the criminal-responsibility verdict.
[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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