EXCLUSIVE: Kevin Lane, from Carmarthen, south west Wales, is one of tens of thousands of people in England and Wales who have died after taking heroin over the past decade
A skilled tree surgeon that “no one knew was an addict” was found by a customer in an M&S toilet having overdosed on heroin.
Kevin Lane’s family made the heartbreaking decision to turn off his life support machine the day after he suffered cardiac arrest and massive brain damage following a heroin overdose.
The 32-year-old’s death has devastated his family, and left his mum Pat Hudson and girlfriend Raychel Lewis with the fiery resolve to push for change with the UK’s drug laws.
In the week the Office for National Statistics (ONS) revealed record high levels of drug deaths in England and Wales, Pat has called for drugs to be decriminalised, regulated and controlled, so more people like her son don’t lose their lives.
She also wants safe consumption rooms installed in town centres in the hope that the risk of death for people with drug addictions can be lessened.
