THE sister of a young man who threw himself under a train because his life had been ruined by drugs plans to launch a campaign in his memory to warn young people of the dangers.
Tiffany Chase-Sadler is hoping to headline her campaign with words from a song by band The Verve – "the drugs don't work they just make it worse".
Her 23-year-old brother Adam left notes for his family before stepping in front of a train near his home in Gloucester.
And after an inquest jury found that he had taken his own life she revealed that in one of his notes he said he had taken too many drugs and they had messed up his body and his mind.
"He just couldn't deal with it any more," she said. "His feelings were all over the place.
"He knew what was wrong with him but it had gone too far and there was no way back. He felt that the damage to his body had already been done."
Adam had been using a cocktail of drugs including cannabis, cocaine, ecstasy, and speed, she said.
"He would take anything he could get his hands on. People think some of these are recreational drugs but he used them as if they were going out of fashion.
"Gentle giant"
"When he was younger he was beautiful and people called him the 'gentle giant'. He went all cooey over babies, and was thoughtful, considerate and loving."
The inquest at Gloucester Coroners Court heard that Adam, of Riversmeet, Brockworth, died from multiple injuries on the evening of December 30 last year.
He was hit by a Gloucester to Cheltenham train on the main line near the city's Armscroft Estate, a few minutes after it left Gloucester station.
Tiffany said he had worked late night and early morning shifts at the UPS parcels depot in Brockworth at one time, helping him get fitter and boosting his confidence.
"Then it all went bad on him because of the drugs," she said. "He must have come to the realisation that he couldn't do anything and that his life was out of his control.
"I want to start a campaign to stop young people getting into drugs.
"Adam didn't get to experience anything in life. He missed out on it all because of drugs."
Tiffany told the inquest Adam had had difficulties after his mother had moved out of the family home, leading to drug abuse and two failed suicide attempts.
A verdict of suicide was returned.
