A young man who died suddenly at Arrowe Park Hospital had taken a lethal amount of cocaine, a court heard.
Connor Allan Jones, 20, from Birkenhead, died on January 28. A post-mortem found the cause of death was cocaine toxicity.
At his inquest at the Gerard Majella Courthouse yesterday, coroner Andre Rebello said: "Cocaine is a carduitoxic drug, and no matter how often someone takes it, or whether they take it for the first time, it can cause spasms of the arteries and stop the heart, and that's why it's forbidden. People often take it as a recreational drug, but it's exceptionally dangerous."
