• Severe pain – burn, migraine.
(Medical notes – three days before death): Deceased (male
aged 43: heavy cannabis smoker and regular user of cocaine;
currently unemployed and no cash) stated he had been
getting very bad headaches for the past three weeks and that
they got worse when he lay down and would only improve a
little when he say up. He described the pain as like “a
shotgun going off” in his head. He also confirmed that he had
been taking normal headache tablets and that he had made
an appointment to see a neurologist (approximately three
weeks after death). PM toxicology: alcohol = 248mg/dl;
paracetamol = 66mg/L; dihydrocodeine = 15.2mg/L.
[Coronial file no. 31]