105 results for “cannabis dependence”
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 …
49y · Male·pneumonia, hypoxic brain injury and cardiac arrest
49-year-old male with chronic cannabis dependence and depression developed post-surgical delirium following emergency anterior resection for per…
23y · Female·Multiple head and neck injuries
… 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), and had disengaged f…
43y · Male·Incised right radial artery
Bradley Scott, a 43-year-old man with chronic alcohol dependence and hepatic cirrhosis, died from exsanguination following an incised right radial artery. After consumin…
38y · Male·Multiple injuries
… of harming his father. He had a complex psychiatric history including paranoid schizophrenia, substance dependence, and prior hospitalization. He denied suicidal intent but admitted occasional suicidal ideation. ECATT p…
42y · Male·Ischaemic heart disease - coronary atherosclerosis and thrombosis
…itially 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 buprenorphine, benzodia…
36y · Female·Stab wound to the right chest
…ths by his GP without documented substance abuse assessment, despite documented history of polysubstance dependence. When Eckersley ceased alcohol and cannabis use and was commenced on desvenlafaxine three days before th…
27y · Male·Multiple gunshot wounds
…ds to drop the weapon, and was shot after a Taser proved ineffective. He had a documented history of ICE dependence, depression, suicidal ideation, anger management issues, and recent domestic violence. Mental health ser…
26y · Male·unascertained; suspected suicide by firearm
…y 2012 from his family farm in regional Victoria. He had a history of substance abuse (heroin, OxyContin, cannabis) from age 21 and severe mental illness from 2009, including paranoid ideation and command hallucinations …
48y · Male·Haemophilus influenzae bronchopneumonia in the setting of alcohol and methadone …
Peter Oelfke, a 48-year-old man with alcohol and opioid dependence, died from haemophilus influenzae bronchopneumonia complicated by alcohol and methadone toxicity. He had…
25y · Male·Gunshot injury to the head
…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 suicide attempt …
48y · Male·Cardiomegaly and fatty liver in a man with alcohol intoxication
Steven 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…
39y · Male·Effects of fire (self-immolation)
… 39-year-old Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander man with a long history of mental illness, depression, cannabis dependence, and psychosis, presented to the Latrobe Regional Hospital ED on 6 March 2022 with suicidal id…
31y · Male·Head and chest injury
Gyan Murray Jeffery, age 31, died from head and chest injuries sustained when struck by two motor vehicles on the South Western Highway at Argyle, Western Australia, on 30 September 2011. He had a longstanding history of…
22y · Male·Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy complicating hanging
Christopher Ritson, a 22-year-old with severe alcohol and polysubstance dependence (ICE, cannabis), depression, anxiety and social phobia, died by suicide via hanging on 17 March 2020, fo…
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…
57y · Male·Undetermined; possible sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) with competin…
…on. Mr Mansell had a history of acquired brain injury from a 2015 assault requiring craniectomy, alcohol dependence with withdrawal seizures, and was on valproic acid (anticonvulsant). Post-mortem examination was non-inv…
24y · Male·mixed ethanol and prescription drug toxicity
…city following an impulsive overdose. He had longstanding borderline personality disorder, polysubstance dependence, chronic suicidal ideation, and was under psychiatric care. After a relationship conflict on 10-11 Janua…
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…
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…
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