533 results for “methamphetamine use”
41y · Male·multiple blunt force injuries sustained in a fall from height from the Tasman Br…
A 41-year-old man with a long history of alcohol and illicit drug abuse, poor mental health with suicidal ideation, and a history of Mental Health Act orders died by jumping from …
36y · Female·Undetermined
… showing evidence of partial disarticulation performed with reasonable care using a sharp instrument. The cause of death could not be determined due to advanced decomposition. Three persons of interest were identified b…
36y · Male·Large calibre gunshot wound to the chest
…m police, he attacked a police officer (Welch) with a large kitchen knife in the backyard of his sister's house. When the deceased made repeated lunging attacks and transferred the knife to his other hand, the second po…
17y · Female·multiple injuries
… up to 105km/h before colliding with a retaining wall. She sustained severe traumatic brain injury with diffuse cerebral oedema, subarachnoid haemorrhage, subdural haemorrhage, and basal skull injuries. Emergency manage…
30y · Male·Complications of multiple blunt force injuries
… with four vehicles. Toxicology revealed medium-to-high levels of methylamphetamine consistent with regular use, which significantly impaired his judgment, risk assessment, reaction time, and distance perception—contrib…
Male·Multiple injuries from single vehicle truck rollover due to driver impairment (m…
…an 80 km/h zone. The coroner found that the crash resulted from Grace's impairment due to methylamphetamine use combined with excessive speed on the bend. Both men were ejected from the truck and died from multiple inju…
35y · Male·atherosclerotic heart disease with methylamphetamine effect in a man under physi…
…diac arrest (April 2016) presented with increasingly erratic and paranoid behaviour after methylamphetamine use and alcohol consumption. He climbed onto a house roof in the early morning and threw tiles aggressively. Po…
31y · Male·carbon monoxide toxicity
Shaun Martin Keane, aged 31, died by carbon monoxide toxicity while on home detention bail following arrest for assault. He had a documented history of suicidal ideation, including a previous gassing attempt in 2010, and…
41y · Male·unascertained, in circumstances of methylamphetamine intoxication, extreme physi…
…sted. He was found to have a high level of methylamphetamine in his blood (1.6mg/L, well above recreational use levels), concurrent COVID-19 and rhinovirus infections, and minor traumatic brain injuries from the fight. …
Unknown·Drowning
Three adults drowned in Bass Strait on 18 October 2021 after operating a recreational vessel while significantly impaired by alcohol and methylamphetamine. All three had consumed multiple alcoholic drinks before and duri…
35y · Male·serotonin syndrome
…spite this exceeding his normal practice. The coroner also noted Dr W. was unaware of Moorby's illicit drug use. Witnesses described Moorby's deteriorating mental state in the days before death—agitation, confusion, mum…
27y · Male·Head injury
Abdullahi Bashir, 27, died from a severe head injury sustained during an alleged altercation on 7 June 2017. Following a punch to the face, he fell backwards and struck his head on the road. He was taken to a private res…
36y · Male·ligature compression of the neck (hanging)
A 36-year-old man with schizoaffective disorder, traumatic brain injury, and substance use disorder died by ligature while an involuntary inpatient in a locked mental health ward. He was on hourly o…
36y · Male·Heroin toxicity
A 36-year-old man with a history of homelessness and intravenous heroin use died from heroin toxicity after overdosing in a public toilet block. Emergency services were called promptl…
Unknown·Amber Rose Rigney: external airway occlusion with compression of the neck; Korey…
…aham Peet. The Coroner found their deaths were preventable. The children's mother had been using ice (methamphetamine) and cannabis, leaving children without adequate food or care. Families SA received multiple notifica…
Male·Darren Wallace: single gunshot wound to right side of neck. TBD: two self-inflic…
…cycle Gang. TBD, a 31-year-old former ADF member with severe post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), alcohol use disorder, and stimulant use disorder, shot and killed Darren Wallace (32) at a service station, then took h…
31y · Male·ligature compression of the neck (hanging)
…Sherwood, a 31-year-old Aboriginal man with untreated mental health issues and history of methylamphetamine use, died by suicide on 13 April 2022. He had attempted suicide by wrist-cutting on 30 March 2022 and threatene…
47y · Male·combined acute effects of multiple drugs in obese man with enlarged heart and ar…
Nicholas Cripps, a 47-year-old man with treatment-resistant schizophrenia, substance use disorder, and antisocial personality disorder, died from combined acute effects of multiple drugs (methylam…
Unknown·Toxicity to protonitazene
…ne is a novel synthetic opioid approximately 100 times more potent than heroin, never approved for clinical use. The deaths highlight critical risks: illicit drugs may be adulterated with unknown potent substances witho…
42y · Female·Unascertained; possibly mixed drug toxicity (heroin and methylamphetamine) or sm…
Tracey Ellen Knowles, aged 42, was found deceased in a vehicle on 19 July 2021 from an unascertained cause. She had a history of heroin use and experienced family violence. Police misidentified her as the 'predomin…
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