Tag: accidental drug overdose

Drug experts weigh in on marijuana legalisation in Mexico

(REUTERS) — Drug experts gathered in Mexico City on Tuesday (July 05) for talks on the regulation of marijuana in the cartel-ravaged country, amidst warnings that opium production is opening up a new front in the war on drugs. The conference called Bioethics and Public Health In Marijuana Regulation brings together thinkers and leading experts in on illicit drugs. It comes after a landmark Supreme Court decision late last year that paved the way for […]

Hoffman Died Of Accidental Drug Overdose – Medical Examiner

(Reuters) — Actor Philip Seymour Hoffman, who was found dead in his New York apartment on February 2 with a needle in his arm, died of an accidental overdose of drugs, the New York City Chief Medical Examiner said on Friday (February 28). The cause of death was acute drug intoxication, including heroin, cocaine, benzodiazepines and amphetamine, according to Julie Bolcer, spokeswoman for the Medical Examiner’s Office. No other details were immediately available. A drug overdose had been suspected when Hoffman, 46, […]