to make drunk with alcohol, drugs or other substances When using intoxication to describe an effect of a substance on the body (the pathology of a substance) intoxication also means poison or to poison someone
Term comprehends situation where, by reason of drinking intoxicants, an individual does not have the normal use of his physical or mental faculties, thus rendering him incapable of acting in the manner in which an ordinarily prudent and cautious man, in full possession of his faculties, using reasonable care, would act under like conditions
excitement and elation beyond the bounds of sobriety; "the intoxication of wealth and power
{i} inebriation, drunkenness; altering of one's mental or physical state usually as a result of ingesting some substance; of euphoria, exhilaration; poisoning
- Recognized as a limited defense Differentiated between voluntary and involuntary intoxication For voluntary only in cases of severe intoxication IN cases of involuntary i e where someone takes drugs in combination that produce unintentional intoxication
Pliny (xvi 20) tells us this word is derived from taxa, a species of bay-tree used for poisoning arrows Hence the Greek toxon (a bow and arrows), and toxicon (rank poison)