Project Members:
Associate Professor
Ph +61 (2) 9385 0333
Director
Ph EA Tori Barnes: 02 9385 0292 / t.barnes@unsw.edu.au
Project Main Description:
Retrospective study of all cases in Australia in which synthetic cannabinoid use was a mechanism contributory to death.
Project Collaborators: External:
Professor Johan Duflou
University of Sydney
Rationale:
Increasing ccners reagrding harms of synthetic cannabinoid use.
Aims:
The study aimed to determine:
- The characteristics and circumstances of death of all recorded cases of synthetic cannabinoid-related sudden or unnatural death in Australia,
- The toxicology of cases, and
- Their major organ pathology.
Design and Method:
Case series.
Progress/Update:
Completed 2019.
Output:
Darke,S., Duflou, J., Farrell, M., Peacock, A. & Lappin, J. (2019) Characteristics and circumstances of synthetic cannabinoid-related death. (https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15563650.2019.1647344)
Benefits:
This paper presents the first national clinical profile of synthetic cannabinoid-related death.
Project Research Area:
Drug Type:
Project Status:
Completed
Year Completed:
2019