A 21-YEAR-OLD triplet died after taking a cocktail of drugs.

Padraig Bloor was at a house party in Brighton where he had taken the Class C drug GHB – well known on the city’s gay scene – on March 22.

Originally from Eastbourne, Mr Bloor, known as Paddy, had suffered with a drug addiction, his inquest at Brighton Coroner’s Court heard.

A toxicology report showed he had taken a mixture of drugs, including the GHB (known as G), ketamine, alprazolam (Xanax), cannabinoids, methamphetamine and methadone when he fell unconscious at the house.

One of the friends he was with initially thought he was snoring, but found him to be unresponsive and called paramedics.

He was put on advanced life support and a defibrillator was used as it was believed he had suffered cardiac arrest, the inquest heard.

Paramedics also used naloxone – used to reverse the effects of opioids – but did not have anything to stunt the impact of the psychoactive substance GHB.

Mr Bloor’s father, Graham, questioned this, but Coroner Veronica Hamilton-Deeley said it would be difficult to have so many resources available.

Mr Bloor was taken to the intensive care unit at the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton where he died the following day.

Mrs Hamilton-Deeley said had he just taken GHB or Xanax, that would have likely been the cause of his death but she said they caused Mr Bloor to go into central nervous system depression.

She recorded Mr Bloor’s death as drug-related, saying the presence of methamphetamine, ketamine and methadone contributed to his death, concluding he died through misadventure.

The coroner told Mr Bloor’s family: “I think, from the evidence I have heard and seen, that Paddy was the victim of addiction.

“It is an illness just like any other illness.

“It is very difficult to treat and involves a huge amount of strong will from everybody, and he was getting that.”

He was said to have been good at sport when he was a youngster, but turned to drugs in his teenage years.

Mr Bloor studied biochemistry at the University of Sheffield.

His parents spoke to The Argus before the inquest and said they had taken him into rehab over Christmas and it helped him pass his exams, but he relapsed months later.

Mr Bloor was the eldest of the triplets.

Brothers Tom and Owen said they now want to try to move on after a devastating few months.

After the inquest, Tom said: “It was hard for a couple of months, but I got my closure a long time ago. This was the last piece of the jigsaw.

“Me and Paddy had a really good relationship. He was the same person as me – like my other half.

“We had a lot of fun together just loving life.”

Mr Bloor’s mother, Barbara, said: “Paddy was wonderful company until the drugs took over.

“He had fun and made everybody laugh. He was always the centre of attention.

“No matter what he did he would get away with it because he was a monkey.

“I have come to the conclusion now that I don’t think I’ll ever get over his death. Nobody can help me.

“You cry as a sign that you are distressed and people help, but the only thing that’s going to help me is if Paddy comes back, and that can’t happen.”