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Civil and Criminal Litigation Case Studies wherein Blood Evidence is Analyzed to Determine Concentrations of Alcohol, Tetrahydrocannabinol, Cocaine and Morphine. Live expert testimony is included which lays the foundation for the use of Computer programs to estimate blood alcohol concentration when absorption is delayed due to concomitant ingestion of solid food; this may be useful for rebutting statutory presumptions of intoxication. Proximate causation analysis establishes the relationship between the presence of intoxicating levels of opiate in blood and cerebrospinal fluid, and the impairment of behavioural skills related to the operation of a motor vehicle.