Briton, who had pneumonia, died in Poland after taking Turkish equivalent of Xanax, inquest hearsA British conspiracy theorist died in Poland after taking a Turkish equivalent of the drug Xanax while suffering from pneumonia, an inquest heard. Maxwell Bates-Spiers, widely known as Max Spiers, had travelled to Poland to speak at a conference in April 2016. A postmortem examination also discovered levels of oxycodone, an opioid, in his system at a “potentially fatal” level, the inquest heard. He was described as a journalist “dealing with the topics of conspiracy theories and paranormal phenomena,” the inquest heard. British toxicologist David Rose told the hearing Bates-Spiers had levels of Xanax in his system at twice the therapeutic dose.

Source: The Guardian January 07, 2019 14:41 UTC