A TISBURY man who died after taking an overdose of cocaine and ecstasy had an addictive personality, an inquest heard.

Ryan Morris, 22, was found unresponsive on his bed by his mother Denise at their home in Weaveland Road on August 8, 2017.

Tests showed he had more than 50 times the normal recreational level of MDMA in his blood when he died, plus more than twice what is considered a lethal level of cocaine.

Small bags containing white powder and a bottle of water mixed with drugs were found in his bedroom.

In a statement read out by the coroner, his mother said: “I could tell straight away he was dead.”

Friend Mason Jones said in his statement that he and Mr Morris had been drinking and using cocaine at a friend’s house until around 1 or 2am, before Mr Morris went home.

Later that morning, at around 8am, Mr Morris sent a message to Mr Jones saying: “I put it in water. It’s all gone.”

He was found dead later that afternoon.

A statement from Mr Morris’s girlfriend, Sophie Stannard, said he had a “very addictive personality” and was a “very all or nothing person” who would take risks without always considering the consequences of his actions.

“He wanted to be the best at everything he did, whether it was being the biggest in the gym or taking the most cocaine,” she said.

Ms Stannard added that he had become “paranoid about everything” and she believed that the drugs were to blame.

A post mortem examination by Dr Matthew Flynn found the primary cause of death was cocaine and MDMA toxicity.

He also had a heart condition, coronary artery atherosclerosis, which is likely to have contributed to his death.

The inquest in Salisbury on Friday heard that Mr Morris had a history of drug use and some mental health problems.

He had previously suffered a cardiac arrest after taking cocaine in March 2017 and had needed CPR.

But he had continued to use the drug regularly.

Mr Jones added: “We all told him daily that he needed to stop.”

Mr Morris was passionate about the gym and had been looking forward to becoming a godfather, the inquest heard.

Senior coroner David Ridley recorded a conclusion of drug-related death.