255 results for “cannabis abuse”
18y · Male·Multiple injuries due to train over-run
… by a train near Zillmere Railway Station in January 2012. He was moderately intoxicated with alcohol and cannabis, with recent cannabis use. The coroner could not definitively determine whether this was suicide or accid…
38y · Female·Combined effects of ischaemic and valvular heart disease with methamphetamine us…
A 38-year-old woman with chronic methamphetamine and cannabis abuse died from cardiac arrest at home. She had pre-existing severe ischaemic and valvular heart disease …
0y · Female·Sudden infant death syndrome or asphyxiation due to co-sleeping or overlaying
…ek-old infant died while co-sleeping with her mother in a bed shared with siblings. The mother had smoked cannabis before sleep and was found overlaying the infant at 3:30am; the baby was discovered head-down beside the …
39y · Female·neck compression due to hanging
A 39-year-old woman with bipolar disorder, depression, substance abuse (alcohol and cannabis), and multiple past suicide attempts died by hanging at home on 11 February 1998. Sh…
23y · Female·Multiple head and neck injuries
…lowing the discovery of her relationship with a male colleague. Singh had risk factors including substance abuse (alcohol and cannabis dependence), mental health conditions (anxiety disorder, depression, panic attacks),…
44y · Male·Positional asphyxia
Scott Allen Daniels, a 44-year-old with chronic schizophrenia/schizoaffective disorder and substance abuse history, died from positional asphyxia on 17-19 March 2016. He consumed significant alcohol (BAC 0.220), c…
36y · Male·Hypoxic/ischaemic encephalopathy and hanging
…isplayed severe mood swings, aggressive behaviour, and anger management issues related to amphetamine and cannabis use. He explicitly stated suicidal intent to multiple contacts. Clinical learning includes recognition of…
36y · Male·Hanging
…stinence from alcohol and non-prescribed drugs. Despite these conditions, toxicology revealed alcohol and cannabis in his system. Roberts received substantial support including community corrections supervision, general …
19y · Male·Hanging (intentional suicide)
…9-year-old of Maori descent who died by hanging on 1 May 2007. Duke had a history of depression, substance abuse, anger management issues, and previous suicide attempts. He was under supervision by the Department of Hum…
37y · Female·multiple injuries (spine, chest and abdominal) sustained from motor vehicle coll…
…ehicle on the Midland Highway while walking in darkness. She had significant alcohol (0.244 g/100 mL) and cannabis impairment. Other road users had reported her presence on the carriageway to police due to safety concern…
22y · Female·aspiration of gastric content due to drug abuse
…of gastric contents after a weekend of heavy alcohol and drug use (amphetamines, methylamphetamine, MDMA, cannabis). She vomited while alone in bed and choked. The coroner found that while timely intervention by the pers…
30y · Male·BUTANE TOXICITY
…aling butane gas from a lighter refill can at home. He had untreated drug dependency issues and was using cannabis. Clinical lessons include the need for: (1) improved retailer education and compliance monitoring to rest…
46y · Male·Undetermined
…cause and manner of death remain undetermined due to advanced decomposition. Dean had a history of alcohol abuse, cannabis use, social isolation, and psychological distress following multiple losses (grandmother's death…
33y · Male·Combined drug toxicity (heroin, alprazolam, methadone)
…e Hubezak, aged 33, died from combined drug toxicity involving heroin, alprazolam (Xanax), methadone, and cannabis. On 25 July 2010, he was arrested following a police pursuit and motor vehicle collision. He was transpor…
34y · Male·multiple injuries
…s Hospital on 31 October 2013 following treatment for a relapse of schizophrenia precipitated by substance abuse. His mother had died in mid-2013, a significant psychosocial stressor. Community follow-up by Osborne Park…
31y · Male·Multidrug overdose including heroin
…e use disorder, died from multidrug overdose including heroin. He had long-standing benzodiazepine (Xanax) abuse since his late teens, complicated by methamphetamine use. On 7 June 2011, he purchased heroin with a known…
61y · Male·Unknown
Dale Waverley Nicholson, a 61-year-old man with a history of depression, alcohol and cannabis use, and a previous suicide attempt in 2012, disappeared from his home in New Norfolk, Tasmania on 10 Dec…
36y · Female·Stab wound to the right chest
…igh-dose tramadol (700-800mg daily) for chronic pain over 22 months by his GP without documented substance abuse assessment, despite documented history of polysubstance dependence. When Eckersley ceased alcohol and cann…
36y · Male·Gunshot wounds to the chest and abdomen
…r police responded to a domestic violence call. Lewis had a history of brain injury from age 11, substance abuse, mental health issues including PTSD and drug-induced psychosis, and was prescribed antipsychotics. On the…
42y · Male·Ischaemic heart disease - coronary atherosclerosis and thrombosis
…h, which were initially attributed to other causes. He was receiving treatment from a GP for polysubstance abuse (opioid dependence, benzodiazepine seeking) with Suboxone and Valium. Post-mortem toxicology showed bupren…
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