464 results for “substance use history”
51y · Female·combined effects of ischaemic and valvular heart disease and combined drug (doth…
…e was discovered lying on the floor by her mother and sister the following morning. The coroner found the cause of death to be the combined effects of ischaemic and valvular heart disease and combined drug intoxication …
32y · Female·Combined drug (alprazolam and methadone) toxicity
… toxicity following injection of illicit drugs at her supported housing residence. She had a longstanding history of substance use disorder, commencing in adolescence, with previous attempts at rehabilitation including …
40y · Male·aspiration pneumonitis with acute alcoholic hepatitis, pancreatitis, mixed drug …
Trent Ian Johnston, a 40-year-old man with a history of chronic paranoid schizophrenia, alcohol and substance abuse, died from aspiration pneumonitis complica…
47y · Female·insulin overdose
…lton, a 47-year-old registered nurse, died from insulin overdose in April 2007. She had a complex medical history including hepatitis C, depression, chronic back pain, epilepsy, and substance use issues. After an argume…
38y · Female·unknown
Paula-Lee Denton disappeared in January 2014 and is presumed dead. She was a 38-year-old woman with a history of psychological trauma, PTSD, anxiety, and cannabis use. Following her mother's death in October 2013 an…
30y · Male·Methamphetamine toxicity in the setting of a stabbing
Shane Ronald Dennis Brown, a 30-year-old man with a long history of methamphetamine use, died on 20 April 2021 following a physical altercation at a residential address i…
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…
46y · Male·blunt force injuries from motor vehicle collision with a tree
…hicle collision with a tree while being pursued by police responding to a welfare check. He had a complex history of depression, amphetamine addiction (ice), and domestic violence. Despite appropriate referrals to rehab…
42y · Male·Cause of death remains unknown
…lete absence of financial activity, administrative records, or family contact over six years. No specific cause of death could be determined. The case highlights investigative challenges in missing person cases involvin…
27y · Female·opiate toxicity (fentanyl)
…injecting a fatal quantity of fentanyl she obtained from a patient-controlled analgesia device. She had a history of depression, anxiety, and substance misuse following her mother's death, and was on multiple psychiatri…
32y · Male·gunshot wounds to the trunk
Troy Martin Foster, 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 u…
51y · Female·blunt force head injuries, stab wounds of the right neck and gagging
…s to the neck, and gagging following a violent assault at a residential unit in Tasmania. Ms Meades had a history of methamphetamine and marijuana addiction and was receiving treatment including Suboxone. She visited a …
19y · Male·Stab wounds to the neck and chest
Taylor Oliver, a 19-year-old with schizophrenia and substance use disorder, died by self-inflicted stab wounds on 1 December 2019. He had been admitted to mental heal…
38y · Male·asphyxiation due to hanging
A 38-year-old remand prisoner with a long history of drug dependency died by asphyxiation from hanging in his cell at a metropolitan remand centre in Septe…
40y · Male·Unascertained
… 24 March 2022 while in custody pending trial on witness interference charges. He had significant medical history including infective endocarditis with tricuspid valve damage (2018), schizophrenia, and intravenous subst…
46y · Male·Stab injury to the neck
…nt incident on 11 January 2015. The relationship was characterised as a 'master-slave' arrangement with a history of emotional and physical abuse. Both men had untreated mental health conditions (depression, bipolar dis…
30y · Male·Alcohol and drug toxicity
…rom alcohol and drug toxicity following heroin injection combined with alcohol consumption. He had a long history of drug and alcohol abuse and was released from prison on parole four days before death. Despite engageme…
35y · Male·Head injury sustained in a bicycle accident
…d by a car driven by Luke Shields, who was severely impaired by alcohol and LSD. Shields had a documented history of drug and alcohol abuse, multiple substance-driving convictions, and was undergoing medical treatment f…
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 Hea…
32y · Female·Opiate toxicity; toxic combination of morphine and codeine causing respiratory d…
Mrs Edwards, a 32-year-old woman with severe depression and psychiatric history, was found dead in bed. Autopsy revealed opiate toxicity with high levels of morphine and codeine. Toxico…
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