Ethical and Legal Problems in Medical Participation in Criminal Investigations

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A recent court decision concerning criminal investigational methods has raised, though quite indirectly, serious questions concerning medical participation in such practices. Officers for the California Bureau of Narcotic Enforcement lawfully procured a search warrant authorizing the search of the defendant's home, her automobile, and her person. When they went to apprehend her, she was seen to swallow two balloons and then, in two more quick hand movements, to swallow some other objects, probably also balloons. The investigators thought she had probably swallowed heroin illegally possessed, the criminal activity to which the warrants were primarily addressed. After a struggle, the woman . . .

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