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Mother, 28, who was hooked on cannabis found hanged next to the body of her six-year-old daughter

By Andy Dolan

PUBLISHED: 21:00, 1 May 2012 | UPDATED: 02:03, 2 May 2012

With reader comments

A mother was found hanged in her flat yards away from the lifeless body of her six-year-old daughter after spiralling into a severe depression following heavy cannabis use.

Clare White, 28, had been smoking the drug virtually every day despite suffering a 'drug-induced psychotic episode' aged 17 which left her temporarily unable to speak, an inquest heard yesterday.

The child's father, Harry Mukumbira, fought back tears as he told the inquest how he had contacted social services in January last year, six months before the tragedy.

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The title makes it sound like the cannabis caused this terrible tragedy but if you read the article there was alot of other very significant factors that could have played a part.

It says her depression got bad around the same time she told her mother she was going to stop using cannabis.

Mrs White, of Stratford-upon-Avon, said her daughter was 'very happy' the year before she died but her mood had begun to deteriorate by September 2010. She began worrying about trivial matters, lost weight and had difficulty sleeping as depression engulfed her.
Mrs White added: 'Around this time she told her sister she had decided to stop smoking cannabis.

It doesn't say whether or not she was successful in her attempt to quit cannabis but it says she was prescribed sleeping pills around that time but that her depression continued to worsen.

Miss White was prescribed sleeping pills but continued to go 'downhill', telling her mother she regretted everything in her life, including having her daughter.

And it says she was prescribed anti-depressants but she claimed they made her feel bad and that she admitted to suicidal thoughts.

She said Miss White had been prescribed anti-depressants, but said they made her feel 'numb' and 'soulless' and had admitted considering suicide.