The grieving mother of a woman who died from a drug overdose in Thailand has warned people to beware of buying drugs abroad.
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.
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.
Speaking after an inquest in Lewes, her mother, Anita Turner, said: “If one person can see this when they go out there; please do not take anything, it’s not worth it.”
‘Every day I cry’
She added: “There are many deaths out there through the misuse of drugs, and with what’s in these drugs, it’s just not worth it because it’s the parents that sit there picking up the pieces.
“Every day it kills me, every day I cry. I can’t get over it and no mother would get over it.”
The mother added that her daughter had thought she was taking cocaine, but with “everything else mixed in it, it was deadly”.
The inquest heard the 36-year-old had occasionally taken cocaine and once sought treatment for problems with alcohol.
Rebecca Turner’s mother, Anita, is urging people to to beware of buying and taking drugs abroad [Piers Hopkirk/BBC]
However, her family said she was in good spirits before she travelled to Asia to go to a wedding last year.
Her family described her as a loud and bubbly person with an infectious laugh, who enjoyed socialising and travelling.
While extending her condolences to Ms Turner’s family, assistant coroner Ms Bradford said: “I hope that you can now focus on Rebecca’s life instead of her death.”
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