Festival goer shares coma photo as drugs warning
A young man treated in hospital after taking drugs at a music festival says he wants others to learn from his mistake.
Jordan Blackburn fell ill at Kendal Calling on 31 July and has posted a picture of himself in an induced coma online as a warning to others.
The 20-year-old, whose friend Christian Pay died as result of the "substance abuse", said he add only taken drugs "a couple of times before that."
The group of friends are believed to have taken at least three different types of tablet at the event.
Jordan said: "I have been a second chance at life and I'm going to grasp it.
"I'm not ever going to do anything like that again because I've learned that life is too short", he added.
This clip is originally from Stephen Nolan on Sunday 9 August 2015
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