An autopsy has determined that the death last winter of a San Diego jail inmate stemmed from the cumulative effects of long-term drug use.<\/p>\n
Deputies and a nurse distributing medication at San Diego Central Jail at about 4:30 a.m. on Feb. 18 found Irving Pineda, 35, slumped over a table in his cell, seemingly in “medical distress,” according to the San Diego County Sheriff’s Office.<\/p>\n
Jailers performed CPR on Pineda prior to the arrival of paramedics,\u00a0who took him to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead later that morning, sheriff’s Lt. Juan Marquez said.<\/p>\n
The county Medical Examiner’s Office has determined that Pineda died of chronic substance abuse, complicated by the combined toxic effects of buprenorphine, diazepam, methamphetamine and phenylephrine.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Hypertensive cardiovascular disease was a significant contributing factor, according to the agency, which classified his manner of death as accidental.\u00a0<\/p>\n
At the time of his fatal medical emergency, Pineda had been in jail for six days on suspicion of grand theft and violation of a court order.<\/p>\n
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