'Excited Delirium' a Disputed Catchall for Police-Related Deaths / Joint together, 21 Sep 2006

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"An increasing number of deaths of people in police encounters or custody are being chalked up to a mysterious diagnosis of drug-related "excited delirium" -- a condition that some experts say is rare or nonexistent. The Associated Press reported Sept. 18 that excited delirium -- a racing heart caused by drug use or psychiatric problems, sometimes described as a fatal overdose of adrenaline -- is increasingly showing up on medical examiners' reports in cases where suspects die while being arrested or incarcerated. The condition first started showing up during the cocaine craze of the 1980s."