Toxicologist testifies at Myles Gray inquest that levels of natural psychoactive compound were too low to be considered toxic or lethal
A forensic toxicologist says an initial drug screening report suggested Myles Gray had a natural psychoactive compound in his system when he died, but follow-up testing showed the low concentration didn’t meet the threshold for detection.
A statement from the BC Prosecution Service in December 2020 announcing its decision not to pursue charges against the officers involved in beating Gray noted that toxicology evidence showed the 33-year-old had ingested kratom, and it may have been a contributing factor in his death. Gray died in August 2015 shortly after a beating by several Vancouver police officers that left him with injuries including a fractured eye socket, nose and rib, a crushed voice box and ruptured testicles.
“It just gives you an idea that you might want to look further into it,” said Shapiro, who is the associate scientific director of toxicology at the BC Centre for Disease Control.
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