415 results for “drug abuse”
29y · Male·Hanging
ZH, a 29-year-old man serving a 9-year sentence for drug supply, died by hanging in his minimum-security cell at Parklea Correctional Centre on 11 August 2021. The …
44y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained in a motorcycle incident
A 44-year-old man with complex psychiatric history and substance abuse was killed in a motorcycle collision while driving unlicensed and under the influence of methylamphetamine…
44y · Male·Complications of blunt head injuries sustained in a motor vehicle incident (cycl…
…the collision, had a documented psychiatric history including schizophrenia, depression, psychosis, and polydrug abuse. Despite psychiatric treatment and psychiatric hospital admissions in 2010, the driver had not been r…
50y · Male·Acute methamphetamine toxicity
A 50-year-old man with significant cardiac history (previous stenting) died from acute methamphetamine toxicity. He had consumed a high concentration of methamphetamine solution orally, resulting in a markedly elevated b…
32y · Male·Abdominal and pelvic injuries sustained in a motorcycle crash
…cle involvement, and determined the crash resulted from inexperience, inattentiveness, excessive speed, and drug impairment. No medical interventions could have prevented this outcome; this was a preventable road trauma …
33y · Male·hanging
Brian Dewson, a 33-year-old man with a 12-year history of drug and alcohol abuse, multiple psychiatric assessments (antisocial personality disorder, depression), and prio…
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 …
16y · Female·hanging
… hanging after an episode of inhalant ('chrome') use and relationship breakdown. She had chronic substance abuse, complex psychosocial needs, learning difficulties, and disengagement from education. While Child Protecti…
31y · Female·Mixed drug toxicity
…an with long-standing opioid dependence enrolled in the Queensland Opioid Treatment Program died from mixed drug toxicity, with toxic levels of Fentanyl and other drugs in her system. A general practitioner prescribed he…
32y · Male·Subarachnoid haemorrhage due to rupture of basilar artery aneurysm
Matthew Wade Ansink, 32, died at Glenside Hospital on 28 June 2019 from subarachnoid haemorrhage due to ruptured basilar artery aneurysm. He was found collapsed in the shower while an inpatient on an Inpatient Treatment …
2y · Male·pneumonia in association with bronchiolitis
…upport earlier, particularly after July 2018 when significant concerns about domestic violence and parental drug use were raised. However, earlier intervention would not have prevented this death. The foster carer provid…
33y · Male·complications from blunt force trauma to head consequent upon being struck by a …
A 33-year-old man with long-standing substance abuse and acute methadone withdrawal presented with suicidal ideation on the morning of 11 February 2007. The Cr…
38y · Male·gunshot wounds to the chest
Warren Matthew Simon, a 38-year-old Awabakal man with a history of substance abuse, mental health issues, and extensive criminal convictions, died from gunshot wounds to the chest after pol…
25y · Female·mixed drug toxicity
Rachel Smith, a 25-year-old woman with chronic migraines and depression, died from mixed drug toxicity after consuming multiple prescription medications including oxycodone, codeine, tramadol, diazepam…
32y · Male·Multiple drug toxicity (including heroin)
Kirk Steven Ardern, a 32-year-old male with a long history of opioid dependence and substance abuse, died from multiple drug toxicity (including heroin) three days after release from prison. Two critical cl…
43y · Male·hypoxic brain injury caused by cardiac arrest due to unintentional drug poisonin…
…use disorder and polysubstance dependence died from hypoxic brain injury following cardiac arrest caused by drug poisoning. He had been prescribed large quantities of pregabalin, temazepam, and tramadol by his GP despite…
44y · Female·Combined drug toxicity (oxycodone, diazepam, and pregabalin)
Melissa May, a 44-year-old woman with chronic pain and opioid dependence, died from combined drug toxicity on 16 December 2013. She had been prescribed oxycodone, diazepam, and pregabalin by doctors at Ric…
41y · Male·multi-organ failure due to severe lactic acidosis due to metformin toxicity
A 41-year-old man with depression, anxiety, and substance abuse history deliberately ingested 390 metformin tablets on 24 December 2009 in a suicide attempt. He presented…
51y · Female·Mixed drug toxicity (amitriptyline, chlorpheniramine, diazepam, codeine) complic…
A 51-year-old woman died from mixed drug toxicity (amitriptyline, chlorpheniramine, diazepam, codeine) complicated by biventricular heart hypertroph…
20y · Male·Lung infection on a background of oxycodone intoxication
…est practice thresholds of 120-200mg. Dr S. failed to seek required approvals before prescribing controlled drugs to patients at risk of drug dependence, demonstrating substantial lack of judgement. The coroner found ins…
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