138 results for “drug abuse (cannabis)”
38y · Female·Combined effects of ischaemic and valvular heart disease with methamphetamine us…
A 38-year-old woman with chronic methamphetamine and cannabis abuse died from cardiac arrest at home. She had pre-existing severe ischaemic and valvular heart disease requiri…
30y · Male·BUTANE TOXICITY
…butane toxicity after intentionally inhaling butane gas from a lighter refill can at home. He had untreated drug dependency issues and was using cannabis. Clinical lessons include the need for: (1) improved retailer educ…
22y · Female·aspiration of gastric content due to drug abuse
…manda Crowston, 22 years old, died from aspiration of gastric contents after a weekend of heavy alcohol and drug use (amphetamines, methylamphetamine, MDMA, cannabis). She vomited while alone in bed and choked. The coron…
33y · Male·Combined drug toxicity (heroin, alprazolam, methadone)
Shane Hubezak, aged 33, died from combined drug toxicity involving heroin, alprazolam (Xanax), methadone, and cannabis. On 25 July 2010, he was arrested fo…
31y · Male·Multidrug overdose including heroin
LP, a 31-year-old man with depression, severe anxiety, and substance use disorder, died from multidrug overdose including heroin. He had long-standing benzodiazepine (Xanax) abuse since his late teens, complica…
54y · Female·combined drug toxicity (heroin, morphine, cannabis, and prescription medications…
Laureen Kaye Reilly, aged 54, died from combined drug toxicity involving heroin, cannabis, and prescription medications including antipsychotics and mood stabili…
0y · Female·Sudden infant death syndrome or asphyxiation due to co-sleeping or overlaying
…ies on safe sleep practices. The case highlights failures to sufficiently weight co-sleeping and substance abuse risks in safety planning.
36y · Male·Hanging
…s subject to bail conditions including electronic monitoring and abstinence from alcohol and non-prescribed drugs. Despite these conditions, toxicology revealed alcohol and cannabis in his system. Roberts received substa…
36y · Male·Gunshot wounds to the chest and abdomen
…r police responded to a domestic violence call. Lewis had a history of brain injury from age 11, substance abuse, mental health issues including PTSD and drug-induced psychosis, and was prescribed antipsychotics. On the…
36y · Female·Stab wound to the right chest
…igh-dose tramadol (700-800mg daily) for chronic pain over 22 months by his GP without documented substance abuse assessment, despite documented history of polysubstance dependence. When Eckersley ceased alcohol and cann…
42y · Male·unascertained
Anthony Charles Eura, a 42-year-old Aboriginal man with long-standing mental health problems, alcohol and drug dependency, and chronic suicidality, disappeared in November 2006 and is presumed deceased. In the month be…
40y · Male·aspiration pneumonitis with acute alcoholic hepatitis, pancreatitis, mixed drug …
…nt Ian Johnston, a 40-year-old man with a history of chronic paranoid schizophrenia, alcohol and substance abuse, died from aspiration pneumonitis complicated by mixed drug toxicity (codeine, morphine, diazepam, paracet…
31y · Male·Head and chest injury
…, Western Australia, on 30 September 2011. He had a longstanding history of mental illness, poly-substance abuse including intravenous amphetamines and heroin, chronic suicidal ideation, and multiple psychiatric admissi…
44y · Male·Positional asphyxia
Scott Allen Daniels, a 44-year-old with chronic schizophrenia/schizoaffective disorder and substance abuse history, died from positional asphyxia on 17-19 March 2016. He consumed significant alcohol (BAC 0.220), c…
32y · Male·Mixed drug toxicity
A 32-year-old man with bipolar disorder and substance abuse history died from mixed drug toxicity (oxycodone 0.7 mg/L, tramadol, benzodiazepines, cannabis and ampheta…
18y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained in motorcycle crash
…ceased saw them is unclear. The coroner found the death was by accident, with primary blame attributable to drug intoxication impairing judgment and risk-taking behaviour rather than police conduct, which was reasonable …
32y · Male·gunshot wounds to the trunk
…ter, a 32-year-old man with intellectual impairment, mild cognitive disability, and a history of substance abuse and violence, died following a police shooting. On 24 November 2014, he was detained under a Mental Health…
27y · Male·propoxyphene toxicity
…ed by Andre Connell, who he had already placed on restricted daily dispensing (8 capsules/day) due to known drug abuse. The coroner found the prescription was reckless: Dr R. claimed he wrote a daily-dispensing restricti…
44y · Female·Acute bronchopneumonia complicating multi-drug toxicity (alprazolam, opiates, be…
…rdner, a 44-year-old woman with a history of respiratory problems, pneumonia, schizophrenia, and substance abuse, died from acute bronchopneumonia complicated by multi-drug toxicity (alprazolam, opiates, benzodiazepines…
36y · Male·Cardiac failure associated with intravenous methylamphetamine abuse and exertion
A 36-year-old man died from cardiac failure associated with intravenous methylamphetamine abuse and exertion. He had injected methylamphetamine and subsequently engaged in intense physical activity (run…
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