A coroner said drugs are "the evil of life” after finding that a 26-year-old died two days after Christmas in hospital following a history of drug use. Luke Jeffrey Aldred died of septicemia at Royal Bolton Hospital as a result of chronic use of multiple different Class A drugs, the Coroner's Court in Bolton was told.
The Bolton man struggled with addiction throughout his life and despite having times where he managed to recover from it, unfortunately relapsed, his family told the court. The coroner heard how Luke discharged himself from hospital on a number of occasions between November and December 2021 for illnesses relating to his intravenous drug use.
He was admitted to hospital shortly after Christmas 2021 where he died on December 27.
