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130 results for amphetamine toxicity

VIChospital2018-12-14

Finding into death of Yucel Arslan

40y · Male·Methamphetamine toxicity

A 40-year-old man of Turkish descent died from methamphetamine toxicity after swallowing a package during a police traffic stop. When police used force to prevent him…

emergency medicinetoxicologycommunicationsystemmethamphetamine
WAcommunity2005-08-19

Inquest into the Death of Laura Kate Muckersie

20y · Female·Methylamphetamine toxicity

Laura Kate Muckersie, a 20-year-old female with a history of drug use, died on 30 July 2001 from methylamphetamine toxicity. Her body was found in a storm water drain in Swan View. The coroner conducted an extensive in…

diagnosticsystemmethamphetamine
TAShome2025-12-02

Coroner's Finding: de-identified DQ

54y · Female·mixed drug toxicity (methadone and diazepam)

A 54-year-old woman with long-standing opioid use disorder died from mixed methadone and diazepam toxicity. She had tripled her methadone dose by injecting additional takeaway doses alongside her prescribed pharm…

general practicepharmacologydiagnosticmedicationmethadone
VICcommunity2025-08-25

Finding into death of Tracey Ellen Knowles

42y · Female·Unascertained; possibly mixed drug toxicity (heroin and methylamphetamine) or sm…

… used heroin within 12 hours of death; toxicology showed potentially fatal levels of morphine and methylamphetamine. Autopsy identified facial injuries suggesting assault, but insufficient evidence to definitively estab…

forensic medicinetoxicologysystemcommunicationheroin
NSWcommunity2016-08-11

Inquest into the death of Afif Fakhouri

37y · Male·Combination of methylamphetamine toxicity and restraint leading to physiological…

…nLink staff at Cootamundra Station. He was displaying erratic, agitated behaviour consistent with methylamphetamine intoxication and possibly excited delirium. Police were requested but the on-call officer declined to a…

emergency medicineforensic medicineproceduralcommunicationmethamphetamine
VICpolice2017-04-10

Finding into death of Michael John Darmody

51y · Male·Combined drug toxicity (methadone and benzodiazepines) in a man with coronary an…

Michael Darmody, 51, died in police custody from combined drug toxicity in the setting of underlying coronary and cerebrovascular disease. He was remanded overnight and found un…

emergency medicineintensive carecommunicationdiagnosticmethadone
WAhome2024-10-22

Inquest into the death of Dane Lindon Squires

35y · Male·Gunshot injury to the chest in a man with sharp force injuries to the neck and l…

…o the chest after rushing at police officers with a large kitchen knife while appearing affected by methamphetamine and experiencing possible drug-induced psychosis. Police had been called to his home following an assau…

methamphetamine
VIC2022-09-02

Finding into death of Bazouni Bazouni

21y · Male·Hypoxic brain injury in the setting of drug toxicity

21-year-old Bazouni Bazouni died from hypoxic brain injury following methamphetamine toxicity ingested at Port Philip Prison. While the coroner concluded the death was not preventable give…

emergency medicinecorrectional healthdiagnosticcommunicationmethamphetamine
QLDcommunity2006-03-24

Rhodes, Daniel Cory

20y · Male·Internal haemorrhaging as a result of a gunshot wound to the left shoulder/scapu…

Daniel Cory Rhodes, aged 20, was shot dead by Constable Ricky Lynch during a police encounter in Bundaberg, Queensland on 7 October 2002. Rhodes, who had a significant criminal history and was suspected of carrying a fir…

forensic medicineamphetamine
VICcommunity2016-12-14

Finding into death of Jake James-Kotsanas

23y · Male·Haemorrhage from incised wounds to the neck and wrists

…wounds to his neck and wrists while experiencing a drug-induced psychotic episode following acute methylamphetamine intoxication. He had a complex trauma history including childhood domestic violence exposure, paternal …

psychiatrytoxicologymethamphetamine
WAcommunity2019-06-26

Inquest into the Death of Frederick John COLLARD

35y · Male·atherosclerotic heart disease with methylamphetamine effect in a man under physi…

…cent cardiac 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 aggressi…

cardiologyemergency medicinemethamphetamine
QLDhospital2025-03-31

Inquest into the death of Jamie Brian Campbell

43y · Male·Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy, due to or as consequence of, cardiac arrest of…

A 43-year-old man with methamphetamine toxicity was restrained by police and given two doses of droperidol by paramedics who failed to recogni…

emergency medicinetoxicologydiagnosticmedicationmethamphetamine
VIC2023-03-09

Finding into death of Taniela Ahokava

23y · Male·gunshot injury to the head

…fatally shot by police officer after a vehicle pursuit and factory incident. Toxicology showed high methamphetamine levels. After a police pursuit ended, Ahokava and two companions fled into an industrial factory. Polic…

methamphetamine
QLD2023-10-03

Findings of the inquest into the death of GLT

46y · Male·Methylamphetamine toxicity and coronary atherosclerosis

…violence order breach arrest in Rockhampton, Queensland. The death resulted from a combination of methylamphetamine toxicity, significant coronary artery disease, and physical exertion during police restraint and transp…

emergency medicineintensive carediagnosticdelaymethamphetamine
NSW2019-11-08

Redacted findings in the joint inquest into deaths arising at music festivals including annexures - 8 November 2019

[18, 21, 23, 19, 22, 19]y · ["male", "female", "male", "male", "male", "female"]·MDMA toxicity (one case mixed MDMA and cocaine toxicity)

This inquest examined six deaths from MDMA toxicity after electronic dance music festivals in NSW between December 2017 and January 2019: Hoang Nathan Tran (…

emergency medicineintensive carecommunicationproceduralMDMA
ACTcommunity2020-09-25

Inquest into the death of ANTHONY ROMANAS CARISTO

54y · Male·Cardiac arrest in a person with cardiac hypertrophy and generalised atherosclero…

…lowing police deployment of a taser during a mental health crisis. He had consumed a lethal dose of methamphetamine, was actively self-harming with knives, and exhibited psychotic behaviour. Police reasonably believed i…

emergency medicineparamedicinedelaysystemmethamphetamine
WAcommunity

Inquest into the Death of Kuldeep SINGH

Unknown·Multiple injuries sustained in motor vehicle collisions

…cycle rider Rundell killed when his bike collided with another vehicle while evading police under methylamphetamine intoxication; passenger Narrier killed in a head-on collision after 11-minute pursuit; and driver El Ba…

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WApolice custody_and_home

Inquest into the Death of Desmond Richard KICKETT

34y · Male·multiple organ failure following cardiorespiratory arrest in a man with focal co…

A 34-year-old man died from cardiorespiratory arrest with multiple organ failure after methylamphetamine use combined with underlying focal coronary arteriosclerosis. He became unresponsive in police custody …

emergency medicinecardiologymethamphetamine
VIC2016-05-25

Finding into death of Umut Selek

23y · Male·Unascertained

…on, the precise cause of death remains unascertained. The coroner excluded positional asphyxia, Midazolam toxicity, and closed head injury. Evidence suggests metabolic and biochemical derangements from prolonged struggli…

forensic medicineemergency medicinecommunicationsystemmidazolam
NSW2013-10-29

Inquest into the death of Glen PUNCH

44y · Male·cardiac arrest and cerebral oedema consequent upon ingestion of Alpha-PVP (Smoki…

Glenn Punch, a 44-year-old truck driver, died from cardiac arrest and cerebral oedema following intravenous injection of Alpha-PVP (Smokin Slurry), a synthetic cathinone derivative. He purchased the drug from a retail ch…

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