Oxford college told to overhaul drugs policy after death of student
St John's College on St Giles, Oxford. Picture: Google Maps AN OXFORD college has said it was 'surprised' by a coroner’s ruling over the death of a 23-year-old physics student who died of an overdose. Daniel Mervis, from North London, who was a student at St John’s College, died during an accidental drug overdose in October 2019 – just two months after relapsing into addiction after being eight months clean. Now the coroner for Oxfordshire has called for Oxford University to overhaul its drugs policy. In a report published last week, the coroner directly criticised the drugs pol...