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- Subscribe - Contact Us - Rate Card - Place an Ad Archives Revels Classifieds Real Estate Menu Guide Wedding Weather Subscribe Contact Us February 2, 2006 Hanson toxicology report indicates overdose Staff reports A Celebration of life for Nick Ryan Hanson was held Wednesday at Southern Oregon University. Hanson, a student and athlete at SOU, died Jan. 22 in Ashland. Friends and family joined SOU students for the ceremony, which included a poem read by SOU professor D.L. Richardson and the introduction of a memorial scholarship. Photos by Orville Hector | Ashland Daily Tidings Toxicology reports returned to investigators Wednesday showed that a suicidal Ashland man who died in police custody last week had taken a fatal dose of a common sleep aid. Tests pinpointed the cause of Nick Ryan Hanson’s death as diphenhydramine hydrochloride, the active ingredient in Unisom SleepGels, Jackson County Sheriff’s Detective Dan Hobbs said. Investigators had found packaging from the sleeping capsules at Hanson’s home. Ashland police were called to his Lincoln Street apartment Jan. 22 by Hanson’s parents, who reported their 24-year-old son, a Southern Oregon University student, was suicidal. Police said they broke down the apartment door and had to subdue Hanson with a stun gun before they summoned an ambulance to take him to Rogue Valley Medical Center. Diphenhydramine HCl is an antihistamine also found in Benadryl, but given in larger doses is a sleep aid. Extremely high dosages may cause hallucinations, excitement, loss of muscle control and convulsions. said www.RxMed.com, a popular health-resource Web site for doctors and patients. People who have overdosed can cycle through periods of excitedness and lethargy. Other possible symptoms include fixed, dilated pupils, a flushed face and fever. Cardio-respiratory depression and death can follow. Hobbs said the level of the drug found in Hanson’s body was well above a lethal level. DailyTidings.com Home Page Archives | Revels | Classifieds | Real Estate Guide | Weather | Subscribe | Contact Us Copyright 2005 Ashland Daily Tidings and Ottaway Newspapers All Rights Reserved Deep Muscle Stimulator Ceramic Piggy Banks FREE Entertainment Guide Women's & Men's Slippers Accelerate Weightloss Products Backpacks Online Pharmacy Vegas Travel Guide Search Engine Optimization Student Loans Hotel & Airline Reservations Hammocks Water Filter Helzberg Diamonds Online Casinos Community Bonus Casino Mortgage Calculator Security Systems Mailing Lists Click Here Advertisement .:Advertisements:. Site Search: RESOURCES - Mail Tribune News - ODOT Road Cams