The Taupō man's death of synthetic cannabis was found to be accidental in the Coroner's findings

The mother of a man who died after drinking methylated alcohols and who was smoking synthetic products pleaded with others not to follow the murderous path of his son.

Margaret McAllister was at the bedside of her son when he died last August at Taupō Hospital. ] "It's not very nice when they stop life support and watch your son take his last breaths of life," she said.

"Stay away from that." Comments come in the wake of a coroner's report that concluded that his son Andrew Brian McAllister could still be alive if he had received immediate medical care.

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The 49-year-old man has collapsed into the dining room on August 16 after smoking synthetic cannabis with associates He had already drunk methylated alcohols.

A coroner's decision in his accidental death recommended that if a synthetic cannabis user collapsed, his Family and friends should immediately shake him up and try to wake him up.

If they are recovered, they should immediately be placed in a recovery position until help arrives. no one was not r established, the help should be called immediately, according to the coroner.

According to Dr. Paul Quigley, who was brought in by coroner Gordon Matenga as an expert, McAllister collapsed due to a cardiac arrhythmia (abnormal heart rhythm).

None of his associates reacted because McAllister was a regular user of synthetic cannabis and he was becoming unconscious after using this medication regularly. Delay caused irreversible damage to the brain

In a police statement, one of her friends said that she was out of the shower and that she had seen McAllister collapse on the floor .

"I cleaned the table and the chair a bit and gave it 20 minutes because that's what happens normally, they go to bed.

"He lay on the ground with his eyes open and they were twinkling, I thought he was sleeping because that's what they normally do." that everyone else also said [we] went out. "

They started checking McAllister after a few minutes and when there was no sign of life, CPR was started and the services of & # 39; 39, urgency were called. After being stabilized, he was transferred to the Waikato Hospital and died the next day

The coroner also ruled that this intoxication consuming ethanol in methylated alcohols contributed to the death of McAllister, which would have made it more difficult for McAllister after his collapse.

There was no indication that McAllister intended to cause his own death.

to drugs and alcohol following the traumatic death of his father.

Described as an alcoholic, McAllister was known to drink denatured alcohol either directly or in a mixture with syrup. Although he had asked for help in the past to solve addiction problems, he remained firmly within reach

. He smoked cannabis and used synthetic cannabis once he became legal. He often drank methamphetamine or was smoking synthetic substances to the point of unconsciousness

McAllister lived with his mother at the time of his death.

She saw him for the last time in the early hours of August 15, when he told her was going to make money for cigarettes. It was the last contact she had with him.

She said people needed to realize that synthetic products were not worth the risk.

"This is your life, you do not want to be brain dead." And that's what Andrew would have been sure had come out, because his heart stopped pumping blood in her brain for 20 minutes, and it was too long. "

While her son was drinking and smoking marijuana, she said he was still a loving son and always eager to help. [19659007] "But he had this tendency to follow his friends and try the things they tried."

– Stuff