26y · Male·acute cocaine and alcohol toxicity
AAB, a 26-year-old man with a history of substance abuse and mental health issues, died from acute cocaine and alcohol toxicity while in police custody. He presented to a hotel with agitated, paranoid behaviour a…
20y · Male·Mixed drug toxicity (ethanol, cocaine, etizolam, diazepam, nordiazepam and oxyco…
…tory of substance abuse and mental health concerns including anxiety and depression, died from mixed drug toxicity after consuming ethanol, cocaine, etizolam (a novel psychoactive substance benzodiazepine not approved in…
29y · Female·Cocaine toxicity
Mayumi Spencer, a 29-year-old woman, died from cocaine toxicity on 17 January 2015. At approximately 4:00 AM, her husband Dr S. discovered her having a seizure …
26y · Male·Brain death post mixed drug toxicity including MDMA and cocaine
Mr P, a 26-year-old man, died from brain death following mixed drug toxicity from MDMA and cocaine consumed at a music festival. He presented with seizures, hyperthermia (42.2°C), an…
Toxicity to protonitazene
Four adults died on 24 June 2024 following inhalation of cocaine adulterated with protonitazene, a novel synthetic opioid 100 times more potent than heroin. Michael Hodgk…
26y · Male·Brain death post mixed drug toxicity including MDMA and cocaine
Mr P, aged 26, attended the Karnival Music Festival in Melbourne on 13 March 2022 and consumed cocaine and high-dose MDMA (Blue Punisher pill). He experienced seizures, hyperthermia (42.2°C), and bradycardia,…
39y · Male·rhabdomyolysis complicating cocaine toxicity against a background of atheroscler…
…ar-old man with undiagnosed atherosclerotic coronary artery disease died from rhabdomyolysis complicating cocaine toxicity. He exhibited cocaine-induced excited delirium with erratic dangerous driving and bizarre behavi…
23y · Male·Undetermined
A 23-year-old male died from an undetermined cause following a night of cocaine and nitrous oxide use. He experienced paranoid and delusional thoughts, hallucinations about demonic poss…
35y · Male·Stab wound to the back
…ound the death was entirely preventable. Contributing factors included Lawson's use of methylamphetamine, cocaine, and alcohol (BAC 0.14), combined with sleep deprivation, which likely impaired judgment. The presence of…
33y · Male·Irreversible hypoxic brain injury secondary to acute cocaine toxicity
… 33-year-old man with recent mental health concerns and drug use, ingested a small plastic bag containing cocaine whilst being arrested for trespass on 10 August 2020. He died 44 days later from irreversible hypoxic bra…
50y · Male·cocaine toxicity
A 50-year-old male died from cocaine toxicity at Perth Watch House after ingesting a fatal amount of cocaine prior to arrest. Although the cau…
26y · Male·Drug toxicity (1,4 butanediol, gamma hydroxybutyrate, methylamphetamine, cocaine…
Jack Atkinson, 26 years old, died from mixed drug toxicity involving GHB/1,4-butanediol, methylamphetamine, cocaine, novel benzodiazepines (bromazolam, flubromazepa…
20y · Male·Mixed drug toxicity (ethanol, etizolam, flubromazolam, cocaine)
Mr S, a 20-year-old, died from mixed drug toxicity after consuming counterfeit alprazolam tablets containing undeclared benzodiazepines (etizolam and flubro…
24y · Male·Mixed drug toxicity (25C-NBOME, 4-fluoroamphetamine, LSD, MDMA, cocaine, ketamin…
A 24-year-old previously healthy male died from mixed drug toxicity after ingesting multiple substances (25C-NBOME, 4-fluoroamphetamine, LSD, MDMA, cocaine, ketamine) at a m…
48y · Female·Mixed drug toxicity (morphine, codeine, venlafaxine, amitriptyline and zopiclone…
A 48-year-old woman with depression, anxiety, and bipolar disorder died from mixed drug toxicity while on voluntary inpatient psychiatric admission. She had undisclosed significant illicit drug use, whi…
Unknown·Toxicity to protonitazene
Four people died from protonitazene toxicity on 24 June 2024 after inhaling what they believed was cocaine but which was adulterated with protonitazen…
Unknown·Toxicity to protonitazene
Four adults died on 24 June 2024 from protonitazene toxicity after purchasing drugs believed to be MDMA and cocaine in Melbourne. Protonitazene is a novel synthetic o…
Male·unascertained
…post-mortem amputation of head, neck and limbs, and an abdominal incision. Toxicological testing detected cocaine. Despite four years of extensive police investigation including DNA analysis, missing persons searches, C…
45y · Male·coronary artery disease and mechanical asphyxia in a man using cocaine
A 45-year-old man with a history of drug-induced psychosis, cocaine use, and underlying coronary artery disease died in police custody following physical restraint at a lice…
48y · Male·multi drug toxicity (GHB and methyl-amphetamine)
David Luc Monlun, a 48-year-old businessman, died on 30 May 2011 from multi-drug toxicity involving GHB and methyl-amphetamine. The inquest determined his death occurred in suspicious circumstanc…
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