Matthew Hamilton
14 Feb 2019 · Coroner Jeremy Chipperfield · County Durham and Darlington
The coroner's concerns
1. reduced tolerance to heroin leading to immediate fatal overdose after release
“some users of heroin (and/or other drugs) are unaware of: (i) the fact or extent to which abstinence during imprisonment is likely to have reduced their tolerance to heroin (and/or other substances): and/or (ii) that consumption of those substances, at levels which may have been normal for them prior to their period in custody, may prove immediately fatal afterwards.”