A MAN who took a cocktail of drink and drugs had scratched the words Death Soon on his arm, an inquest heard.
Andrew Heron, 36, injected himself with heroin, took the anti-depressant tablets diazapam and mixed them with at least five pints of bear.
But the Teesside Coroner was told yesterday that the drug doses might not have been fatal if Mr Heron had not already suffered a heart attack some months before.
A verdict of misadventure was recorded on Mr Heron, unemployed, who died on August 9, 1999 from respiratory failure at his flat in Borough Road, Middlesbrough.
Coroner Michael Sheffield said: "The drug levels were consistent with normal recreational use.
"I am satisfied that he intended to take the drink and drugs but did not intend the consequences."
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