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Smoking cannabis killed Christian mum-of-three, says coroner

A coroner in Bournemouth has told an inquest into the death of a Christian mother-of-three that she died of cannabis abuse. Gemma Moss from Boscombe in Dorset, is believed to have collapsed and died in bed last October after smoking the class B drug.

The inquest heard Miss Moss, who grew up in London but moved to Bournemouth about five years ago became a Christian in 2012. It's understood the 31 year-old was introduced to Christianity through Citygate Church in the area and attended services every Sunday. She was baptised last year. Russell White, who's a leader at the church, tells Premier he wasn't aware she had a drug dependency, and her death is a shock to the whole community:

On the night of October 28th, Miss Moss, who had been taking care of her two sons, Tyler, 15, and Tessiah, eight, at the time of her death, went to bed after rolling a joint. She was found unresponsive the following morning by Chloe Wilkinson, the girlfriend of Miss Moss' teenage son. She called an ambulance to the flat in Boscombe, but Miss Moss was pronounced dead at the scene.

A post-mortem examination revealed that there were no obvious signs of abnormality in Miss Moss' body. Dr Kudair Hussein, a pathologist, told the inquest in Bournemouth, that there were moderate to heavy levels of canabinoids in her blood.

He said:

"The physical examination and the examination of various organs including the heart and the liver showed no abnormality that could account for her death. 'The level of canabinoids in the blood were 0.1 to 0.15 miligrams per litre, this is considered as moderate to heavy cannabis use.

"I looked through literature and it's well known that cannabis is of very low toxicity. 'But there are reports which say cannabis can be considered as a cause of death because it can induce a cardiac arrest."

Mr Sheriff Payne, the Bournemouth coroner, asked Dr Hussein:

"You are satisfied it was the affects of cannabis that caused her death." Dr Hussain replied: "Yes sir." Gemma Moss has another daughter who lives in the Carribean with the child's father.

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