Heres a snippet from a part of the world where zombies are an every day reality. A place where they don't fear zombies, but fear BECOMING zombies.
"It shall also be qualified as an attempted murder the employment which may be made against an person of substances which, without causing actual death, produces a lethargic coma more or less prolonged. If, after the person had been buried, the act shall be considered murder no matter what result follows."
You can find more info here:
http://www.scribd....Zombie-InformationOr theres a really good article I read called Lure of the Zombie by Shannon Riley which first peaked my interest in the subject.