41y · Male·unknown
Dean Anthony Pollard was a 41-year-old man with a long history of schizophrenia and amphetamine-induced psychotic disorder who disappeared in May-June 2010 and is presumed dead. He had multiple psych…
33y · Male·Gunshot wound to the head
A 33-year-old man with paranoid schizophrenia, polysubstance dependence (amphetamines/cannabis), and chronic suicidal ideation died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the h…
53y · Male·Acute subdural haemorrhage
…53, died from acute subdural haemorrhage following a fall or head strike on 16 April 2007. He had opiate dependence and was under the influence of drugs at the time of the incident. He fell or stumbled, sustaining facial…
42y · Male·unascertained
Richard Vanderhelm, a 42-year-old man with a long history of substance dependence, disappeared on 21–24 May 2009 while undergoing community-based detoxification from methadone, cannabis …
27y · Male·Mixed drug toxicity
…inic. Despite recent hospitalization for detoxification and evidence of ongoing substance use (positive amphetamine screens, discovery of syringes and powder in room), he was discharged with a follow-up appointment sche…
31y · Male·Head and chest injury
…ember 2011. He had a longstanding history of mental illness, poly-substance abuse including intravenous amphetamines and heroin, chronic suicidal ideation, and multiple psychiatric admissions. On the day of his death, h…
36y · Male·Multiple injuries following a motor vehicle crash; major head trauma with injury…
…co railings and roadside structures, and flipped. Post-mortem and ante-mortem toxicology revealed methylamphetamine in potentially toxic range, alongside amphetamine, alprazolam and methadone. The coroner found his loss…
35y · Male·neck compression due to hanging
A 35-year-old man with chronic depression, alcohol dependence and amphetamine abuse was detained at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Emergency Department on 15 May 2006 a…
31y · Female·Mixed drug toxicity
A 31-year-old woman with long-standing opioid dependence enrolled in the Queensland Opioid Treatment Program died from mixed drug toxicity, with toxic levels of …
22y · Male·Mixed drug toxicity (tapentadol, clonazepam, citalopram, amphetamine, olanzapine…
Laurence O'Brien, a 22-year-old with acquired brain injury from a childhood motor vehicle accident, died from mixed drug toxicity involving eight substances including prescribed opioids, benzodiazepines, and unprescribed…
25y · Male·Gunshot injury to the head
…died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound while handling an unregistered revolver under the influence of amphetamines, cannabis, benzodiazepines and other drugs. SK had engaged with mental health services following a sui…
37y · Male·Combined drug toxicity (methadone, fentanyl, diazepam and pregabalin)
…drug toxicity involving methadone, fentanyl, diazepam and pregabalin. He had a 17-year history of opioid dependence stemming from prescription OxyContin for a work-related back injury. In the three months before his deat…
52y · Male·Effects of fire
A 52-year-old man with chronic substance abuse, anxiety, depression, benzodiazepine dependence and hepatitis C died in a deliberately lit house fire. He was asleep and alone in his front bedroom when…
0y · Male·Sudden infant death syndrome category II (SIDS) - accidental asphyxiation due to…
…a mother with a 12-year history of heroin addiction (on methadone maintenance), who tested positive for amphetamines and methamphetamine postnatally. The Department of Child Safety failed to adequately assess serious ri…
40y · Female·acute right-sided congestive heart failure (cor pulmonale) resulting from intrav…
…ets. She had a long history of opioid and polysubstance abuse, with recent escalation involving heroin, amphetamine, and oxycodone. She was enrolled in Tasmania's opioid pharmacotherapy program receiving daily suboxone.…
29y · Male·mixed drug toxicity including heroin
Troy Daniel Saint, a 29-year-old man with amphetamine and opioid dependence, died of mixed drug toxicity including heroin while admitted to The Melbourne Cli…
32y · Male·Multidrug overdose
A 32-year-old man with a history of polysubstance abuse, schizoaffective disorder, and chronic pain died from multidrug overdose at home. He had obtained fentanyl, clonazepam, diazepam, methadone, and other drugs from mu…
Female·Intrauterine pneumonia and meconium aspiration complicating intrauterine growth …
…rine pneumonia and meconium aspiration secondary to intrauterine growth restriction related to maternal amphetamine use. The mother had known substance abuse, prior child protection involvement, and tested positive for …
33y · Male·Mixed drug toxicity
Shaun Beagley, aged 33, died from mixed drug toxicity (heroin, methylamphetamine, benzodiazepines) while on overnight leave from E-PARCS psychiatric residential facility. He had been a…
48y · Male·Cardiomegaly and fatty liver in a man with alcohol intoxication
…en Karastavrou, a 48-year-old man with paranoid schizophrenia, poly-substance abuse (alcohol, cannabis, amphetamines), hypertension, high cholesterol, and diabetes, died suddenly at home from cardiomegaly and fatty live…
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