[Mike Nifong]

Yes, thanks.

And NEFF, from the N&O, says the woman was free of controlled substances:

http://www.newsobserver.com/1185/story/481323.html

It's not clear to me what Controlled substance entails.

Is flexiril a controlled substance? If it is, then she made it up?

[Mike Nifong]

At first glance, Flexeril doesn't look to be a controlled substance, but look at this:


Flexeril's active ingredient is Cyclobenzaprine

Cyclobenzaprine is known as "cyclone" on the street.

Cyclone can produce moderate to severe anticholinergic effects.

Anticholinergic effects in the central nervous system may resemble those associated with delirium, and may include:

* Confusion
* Disorientation
* Agitation
* Respiratory depression
* Short-term memory loss
* Inability to concentrate
* Wandering thoughts; inability to sustain a train of thought
* Incoherent speech
* Wakeful myoclonic jerking
* Unusual sensitivity to sudden sounds
* Illogical thinking
* Photophobia
* Visual disturbances
o Periodic flashes of light
o Periodic changes in visual field
o Visual snow
o Restricted or "tunnel vision"
* Visual, auditory, or other sensory hallucinations
o Warping or waving of surfaces and edges
o Textured surfaces
o "Dancing" lines; "spiders", insects
o Lifelike objects indistinguishable from reality
* Rarely: seizures, coma and death

Acute anticholinergic syndrome is completely reversible and subsides once all of the toxin has been excreted. Ordinarily, no specific treatment is indicated. However, in extreme cases, especially those that involves severe distortions of mental state, a reversible cholinergic agent such as physostigmine may be used.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anticholinergic
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclobenzaprine

[Jezebelle]

Flexiril is a controlled substance.

[Jezebelle]

There are some drugs that aren't detectable in hair samples. Some drugs have a short half-life and dissipate quickly.

[JLS]

And NEFF, from the N&O, says the woman was free of controlled substances:

Says who? Nifong? Well I believe no date rape drug because he would have trumpetted that were it so. He has lied about everything else in this case so I am holding judgement about whether her hair showed other drugs until the defense actually gets the tox report based on the hair or I can read it myself on the web.

These reporters are idiots to continue to base stories on leaks from Nifong. How many times does he have to fool them before they quit being suckers. Notice how Osborne couch what he said since all he had about the tox was Nifong's verbal descripiton.