Teen ‘almost dies’ after taking valium tablet ‘laced with fentanyl’ that is ’50 times more potent than heroin’
- Brodie Canning was found unconscious at home in Fife, Scotland on August 14
- His mother Lynn Berry says she ‘didn’t know whether he was going to make it’
- She could not understand her son and ‘it was like he had suffered brain damage’
- Doctor said it is not the first case of someone being admitted for taking the drug
Brodie Canning, 19, was found unconscious at his home in Fife, Scotland, after taking a Valium pill laced with fentanyl
A 19-year-old boy has nearly died after taking a valium pill laced with a drug 50 times stronger than heroin.
Brodie Canning from Fife, Scotland, was found unconscious at his home around 8am on August 14 after taking the pill containing fentanyl.
He was then taken to the Queen Margaret Hospital in Dunfermline, Scotland.
His mother Lynn Berry revealed how the ‘drug which makes you go to sleep and your heart stop’ had an adverse effect on her son.
She said: ‘It was awful. So scary. I didn’t know if he was going to make it.
‘When I saw him all hooked up to the machines, I got such a fright.
‘He looked dead and when he tried to speak we couldn’t understand him.
‘It was like he had suffered brain damage. It was horrible. It really was a mum’s worst nightmare.’
Ms Berry was told by the doctor that it is not the first time someone has been admitted after taking this table and is actually ‘a big problem at the moment’.
He was taken to the Queen Margaret Hospital in Dunfermline, Scotland and his mother Lynn Berry said: ‘It was horrible. It really was a mum’s worst nightmare’
David Bremner, medical director at Turning Point, told The Guardian how 10,000 of these ‘fake’ Valium tablets can be bought for £800, or 8p a pill and this cheap price lures young people in.
She admitted that her son has ‘definitely learnt the hard way’ and wants to warn young people that the tablets are not worth the risk
Last year fake valium was linked to a 43 per cent rise in the number of drug overdoses in Glasgow. In 2017, 80 people died across the UK in eight months after taking fentanyl – some accidentally.
And Ms Berry wants to warn young people about taking tablets as her son ‘learned the hard way’.
‘The problem is people don’t know what they are taking until it’s too late.
‘Brodie could have died. We were told if he hadn’t got help when he did then the outcome could have been very different’, she told the Daily Record.
She added how Brodie is staying clear of drugs from now and ‘wouldn’t wish this to happen to anyone’ as they are ‘so dangerous and not worth the risk’.