# Leicester student drowned after taking online-ordered opioids, inquest hears

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/student-19-drowned-in-a-drainage-ditch-on-christmas-eve-after-overdosing-on-opioids-he-ordered-online-inquest-hears/
- Published: 2026-10-30T10:57:05+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-30T11:12:31+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16251803/Student-drowned-drainage-ditch-Christmas-Eve-opioids-inquest.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: World

## Key points

- Student Adam Griffin drowned after taking opioids ordered online.
- The inquest could not determine his intent.
- His former football club raised over £4,000 for youth mental health support.

## Summary

Adam Griffin, a 19-year-old University of Leicester student, drowned in a drainage ditch near his family home in Yatton, Somerset, on Christmas Eve after taking opioids ordered online. An inquest heard that he had recently experienced a relationship break-up; the coroner could not establish whether he intended to take his own life, and recorded a narrative verdict.

Griffin went missing after receiving a parcel and leaving home, and his family reported him missing in the early hours of Christmas Day. His body was found on Boxing Day, near a black bumbag containing empty blister packs; toxicology found he had taken more than the therapeutic dose of an opioid. His family described him as caring, and his former football club has raised more than £4,000 for a young people’s mental health charity.

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