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January 25th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
By
Eleanor Harding
Last updated at 1:59 AM on 25th January 2012
David Norkett: He died from brain injuries after falling down seven steps while smoking cannabis in Reading
A teenage boy died of head injuries after he fell down a flight of stairs while high on super-strength cannabis.
Yesterday the coroner at his inquest hit out at those who seek to trivialise drug use.
David Norkett, 17, bought the cannabis from dealers loitering outside a shop.
These are the kind of small-time criminals who could escape a jail sentence under the Government’s controversial new sentencing guidelines.
Coroner Peter Bedford said cannabis was the most likely cause of David’s death and called for greater awareness of the drug’s harmful effects.
He said: ‘Can we say that, if he hadn’t had cannabis, he wouldn’t have fallen?
‘We can’t say completely but I think, deep down, we all know that wasn’t likely to have happened otherwise.
‘There are risks involved in these substances and these risks can prove fatal. Let his death not be in vain. Share this message.’
The inquest heard David, from Newbury in Berkshire, bought the skunk cannabis to smoke with his friends, Matthew Lawrence and Oliver Farr, in June last year.
They noticed it was a brighter green than usual, with the dealers warning them: ‘Make sure you don’t have too much, it’s quite strong.’
Scroll down to listen to friends’ tribute to David
Grilling: Sir Richard Branson gave evidence to Commons Home Affairs Select Committee, calling for drugs to be decriminalised, on the same day as the inquest
The trio then went to a multi-storey car park in Reading, and smoked several joints.
His friends later told police that while they began ‘laughing and giggling,’ David was affected the most.
They said he became ‘hyper,’ crouching down and apparently deliberately hyperventilating before suddenly standing to bring on a fainting fit.
Seconds later, the inquest heard, he staggered backwards and fell head-first down the stairwell.
‘If nothing else comes out of this tragic
death, let the message be taken away… that there are risks involved in these
substances and these risks can prove fatal’
Mid Berkshire Coroner Peter Bedford
His friends called emergency services and the teenager was taken to the Royal Berkshire Hospital in Reading.
Six days later he died of brain injuries at a neurological unit in Oxford, where he had been transferred in a bid to save his life.
Dr Bedford recorded a verdict of misadventure.
He said: ‘The awful events that took David’s life weren’t directly related to the fact he had taken cannabis but potentially fairly innocuous substances – alcohol being another obvious example – may not in themselves cause death but may impact upon behaviour in ways that put lives at risk.’
David left school at 16 to train as a roofer with his uncle’s business in Thatcham. He lived with his father Nigel, 46, a former soldier, and half-sisters Chloe, 15, and Natasha, 15.
His death is the second family tragedy as his mother Julie died 12 years ago at the age of 33 – reportedly in a house fire.
Following his death, David’s father said: ‘He was a lovely lad with a bubbly, lively character.
‘After leaving school at 16, he went to work as a roofer. He was doing very well and got on well with all his colleagues.’
His uncle and employer, Nick Bowley, added: ‘He was a typical 17-year-old and great fun to be around. He will be very sadly missed.’
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I fell down the stairs while sleeping… Suggest ban sleeping! Also half the “glory” in taking that kind of thing is because it is illegal. Legalise it and chances are it wont be half so interesting anymore especially not if arthritic old fogeys are regularly seen smoking it!!
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Some people fall down stairs and die while not taking canabis, and some people that do take canabis dont fall down stairs and die, you would really need to do a lot more research, based on the number of people that die falling down stairs, the number of canabis users,as a percentage of population, the number of people who die falling down stairs as a whole percentage of population, then work out, if a higher percentage of canabis users die from falling down stairs, than a percentage of the general population do. It may turn out, less people fall down stairs when they are stoned, than when they are straight.
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KittyKat said “drugs should never be made legal, they ruin lives. Just because we have a big problem with something doesnt mean we should get rid of that problem”
I’ve heard it all now LOL
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Why do people want to decriminalise a drug that kills. It leads to taking stronger drugs and it leads that person to involve themselves to involving themselves with people that are taking and addicted to stronger more dangerous drugs. You dont start by putting a needle in you and taking Heroin you start by smoking Cannabis and saying” Its only Cannibis.”
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Err the boy died from a fall down the stairs, which just goes to prove that we must fight stairs, the causes of stairs and those that seek to bring stairs into our homes and public places. Think of the children!!!
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i am not a pothead, but this is ridiculous. People are more likely to die falling down stairs when drunk surely?? Or even completely sober. People that are high are less likely to go out and start fights, or trouble, or steal. They just get too lazy to do anything. I dont necessarily think that decriminalising the drug is the way, but something is needed as this kind of story is a joke!
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Interesting how the coroner records the verdict of death my misadventure, yet the Daily Mail claims cannabis is responsible.
In this age of information, is it really so difficult to get the facts right?
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This doesn’t prove a thing, plenty of people manage to fall down stairs and injure themselves without taking drugs
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See, it’s headlines like this which lose credibility for any news outlet trying to demonise cannabis. The boy who cries wolf is eventually not believed.
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The Irony of it all!
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