Marti Matteo is an Associate Professor of Legal Medicine at the Department of Translational Medicine of the University of Ferrara. He is head of the Forensic Toxicology Laboratory. He has a PhD in cellular and molecular pharmacology and his postgraduate study was in “Multidisciplinary Training on Addiction ” (Italian Department of Anti-Drug Policies, Presidency of the Council of Ministers; PCM). He is also a Professor of “Toxicology” at the University of Ferrara, collaborator of the National Early Warning System (N.E.W.S.) of the Department for Anti-Drug Policies (DPA) of the PCM, collaborator and consultant for non-governmental organizations and law enforcement agencies for the study of the use of psychoactive substances in criminogenic and cultic contexts.