{"id":1153,"date":"2025-05-27T15:42:23","date_gmt":"2025-05-27T15:42:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/firearmgiveawayfinder.com\/?p=1153"},"modified":"2025-05-27T15:42:23","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T15:42:23","slug":"grieving-mother-urges-others-to-avoid-drugs-abroad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/firearmgiveawayfinder.com\/?p=1153","title":{"rendered":"Grieving mother urges others to avoid drugs abroad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The grieving mother of a woman who died from a drug overdose in Thailand has warned people to beware of buying drugs abroad.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Rebecca Turner, 36, from Bexhill-on-Sea in East Sussex, was found dead alongside her boyfriend in their hotel room in Bangkok on 15 March 2024.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A toxicology report found evidence of heroin, codeine, diazepam and trazodone in her bloodstream, and assistant coroner Laura Bradford concluded Ms Turner died a drug-related death.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Speaking after an inquest in Lewes, her mother, Anita Turner, said: &#8220;If one person can see this when they go out there; please do not take anything, it&#8217;s not worth it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"mb-4 text-xl font-bold md:text-2xl\">&#8216;Every day I cry&#8217;<\/h2>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">She added: &#8220;There are many deaths out there through the misuse of drugs, and with what&#8217;s in these drugs, it&#8217;s just not worth it because it&#8217;s the parents that sit there picking up the pieces.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Every day it kills me, every day I cry. I can&#8217;t get over it and no mother would get over it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The mother added that her daughter had thought she was taking cocaine, but with &#8220;everything else mixed in it, it was deadly&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The inquest heard the 36-year-old had occasionally taken cocaine and once sought treatment for problems with alcohol.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>Rebecca Turner&#8217;s mother, Anita, is urging people to to beware of buying and taking drugs abroad [Piers Hopkirk\/BBC]<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">However, her family said she was in good spirits before she travelled to Asia to go to a wedding last year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Her family described her as a loud and bubbly person with an infectious laugh, who enjoyed socialising and travelling.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">While extending her condolences to Ms Turner&#8217;s family, assistant coroner Ms Bradford said: &#8220;I hope that you can now focus on Rebecca&#8217;s life instead of her death.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><em>Follow BBC Sussex on <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BBCSussex\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Facebook;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><em>Facebook<\/em><\/a><em>, on <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BBCSussex\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:X;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><em>X<\/em><\/a><em>, and on <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/bbcsussex\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Instagram;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><em>Instagram<\/em><\/a><em>. 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