This is a worrying one, as she clearly wasn’t an “addict” in the traditional sense, nor a suicide, especially with the increasing use of pharms such as benzodiazepines and codeine to “come down” after a weekend, this could easily be a weekend’s worth for some people!
Drink and drugs mix killed woman
A young mother died after a day-long binge of drink and drugs.
An inquest heard how Sarah Cronin, 22, drank eight pints of lager, three shots of strong spirits, took ecstasy tablets and a large quantity of painkillers.
The mother-of-one from Kingswood, South Gloucestershire, was found slumped on the landing of her home.
Recording a verdict of death by misadventure, Coroner Anthony Woodburn said he was satisfied that Ms Cronin had not intended to kill herself.
“If she had taken these tablets she may not have realised that taking them with alcohol may have caused her harm,” Mr Woodburn said.
The inquest at Bristol was told the former barmaid had spent the afternoon of 2 October 2006 drinking lager with friends in the Jolly Sailor pub in Hanham, Bristol.
She had left the pub briefly to pick up her three-year-old daughter but then returned to continue drinking until she left at about 2100 GMT.
She was seen later that evening drinking at another pub in the area before going to the home of her boyfriend, Steven Butcher.
Mr Butcher refused to let her in due to an earlier row, but later followed her to her home where the pair spent the night together.
He told the court he woke up at about 0400 GMT to find Ms Cronin unconscious on the landing.
She had fallen unconscious and suffered a cardiac arrest and paramedics were unable to revive her.
Pathologist Dr Hugh White said the toxic level of drugs combined with the large amount of alcohol had lead to Ms Cronin’s death.
“If you take drugs like this combined with the alcohol you effectively doze off,” he said.
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Published: 2007/04/24 15:23:08 GMT
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