72 results for “methamphetamine dependence”
47y · Male·self-inflicted stab wound to the chest with penetration of the left ventricle of…
… on home detention died from a self-inflicted stab wound to the chest. He had a history of heroin and methamphetamine use and was receiving methadone maintenance and mirtazapine while in custody. In early December, foll…
29y · Male·Mixed drug toxicity (heroin and methamphetamine)
A 29-year-old man with a history of heroin and methamphetamine addiction died from mixed drug toxicity. He had suffered a work-related back injury leading to opioid…
51y · Female·blunt force head injuries, stab wounds of the right neck and gagging
…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 unit to purchas…
35y · Female·combined drug toxicity
…order, depression, and chronic pain died from combined drug toxicity involving methadone, pregabalin, methamphetamine, benzodiazepines, mirtazapine, promethazine and paracetamol. Critical clinical failures included: pre…
36y · Male·acute neck compression due to hanging
…ord, aged 36, died by hanging while on home detention bail. He had a long history of substance abuse (methamphetamine, opioids), mental health issues including borderline personality disorder, childhood sexual trauma, a…
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…
36y · Male·hanging
…il in South Australia on 10 February 2021, classified as a death in custody. He had a long history of methamphetamine dependence, unresolved trauma, PTSD, and ADHD. At death he was heavily intoxicated with methamphetami…
45y · Male·drowning and intoxication with methamphetamine and other substances
… long-standing substance use disorder, depression, and anxiety died from drowning combined with acute methamphetamine intoxication. In the weeks before death, he displayed escalating paranoia and delusions, attributed t…
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…
37y · Male·multiple gunshot wounds
…ding drug addiction and mental health issues including paranoid ideation, particularly during crystal methamphetamine use. Community Corrections did not meet pre-release service standards, including failure to conduct r…
31y · Male·Multidrug overdose including heroin
…luding 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 drug user at their flat, where both consumed Xa…
32y · Female·Mixed drug toxicity (methadone, oxycodone, desmethylvenlafaxine, quetiapine, ola…
…r disorder, borderline personality disorder, schizoaffective disorder), chronic back pain, and substance dependence, died from mixed drug toxicity after commencing methadone maintenance therapy. She received her first 20…
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…
31y · Male·Drowning
Nathan Markl, a 31-year-old man with a history of mental illness, intellectual impairment, and substance use disorder, died by drowning in Narrabri Creek on 7 July 2021. He was intoxicated and under the influence of meth…
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…
54y · Male·Methadone use in a man with asthma and sarcoidosis of the lungs
…e disorder progressing from prescribed morphine to buprenorphine patches, then oxycodone, heroin, and methamphetamine. The coroner emphasised that methadone diversion represents a substantial public health problem, with…
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…
43y · Male·methylamphetamine and heroin toxicity
A 43-year-old man died from methylamphetamine and heroin toxicity while on home detention bail. He had a complex psychiatric history including depression, psychosis, PTSD, and polysubstance use disorder, with previous su…
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…
36y · Male·Multiple injuries following a motor vehicle crash; major head trauma with injury…
Peter Hickman, aged 36, died on 13 July 2013 from major head trauma sustained in a high-speed motor vehicle crash on West Tamar Highway, Tasmania. Driving at a minimum of 100 km/h, his vehicle veered off the road, struck…
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