When the body of a suicide victim was found, the vial that contained the drug used to commit suicide was clutched so tightly in the victim's hand that the coroner was unable to remove it.

1. Explain the reasons, down to the molecular level, why this was true.
2. If the victim had been discovered three days later, would the coroner have had the same difficulty? Explain why or why not.

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