Hi, my story unfortunately is the same as everyone’s on here, my son was a bright, caring soul but his ketamine use escalated from recreational use at festivals to daily usage after his best friend died, then lockdown and it all got worse, we sent him to rehab, kept him at his dads away from the dealers with no car etc and monitored his finances, we did everything we could over the 3 years, he’s been in and out of my house, moved in to his own place which he got evicted from ran up countless debts, we bailed him out at every opportunity,. 7 weeks ago my son did ketamine whilst looking after my youngest son at the cinema, that was the last straw for me so he moved out, he had already had plans to move closer to uni and work anyway in a few days so he stayed in a hotel until he could move in, I was so angry with him and I told him your on your own now, I love you but you need to figure this out for yourself. 3 weeks later I get a knock at the door from the police to say he’s passed away, they found him in the shower, he had been there 3 days before his house mates found him, there was 5 bags of ketamine and 1 and a half had been taken. He had severe health issues with his bladder because of this drug and was under the urology department. My life has been torn apart, I’m so heartbroken that the moment I turned my back on him he died, his mental state was like that of a teenager, he was 26 years old, his brain has been seriously affected by this drug, tell your kids my story, this isn’t a joke, this drug can kill you, my son never did any other drugs and never drank alcohol, its destroying young people and the government need to step up!
