A 'CHERISHED' 24-year-old whose family said had his whole life ahead of him died after taking drugs, an inquest heard.

Callum Highfield, of Kennet Road, Walney, died on April 27 after consuming multiple drugs, which possibly led to the depression of his central nervous system, Cockermouth Corner's Court was told.

The much-loved man, who had a history of mental health problems including emotionally unstable personality disorder and ADHD, had been engaging well with his community mental health coordinator before he was found dead following a welfare call.

"He was a fun-loving, inquisitive and gorgeous boy who was full of energy," his mother Amanda Casey said in a statement.

"He was and still is a very much cherished son, brother, grandson and nephew and we are grateful to have shared these memories with him.

"We are heartbroken. He had so much to look forward to and so much left to achieve.

"He will always be much loved and missed."

Ms Casey said Mr Highfield's behaviour in school was tricky at times due to his ADHD and that he had been admitted into mental health facilities on a few occasions to help manage his health. However, he had been engaging well with his most recent community coordinator and he was making significant progress with his mental health and with losing weight.

The community mental health team confirmed this in their statement.

Ms Casey said her son dreamt of becoming a pharmacist and was in the process of returning to college to re-sit his GCSEs and later do his A-levels.

Mr Highfield was found after a delivery of his medication was not received on April 27 which led to a care worker climbing a set of ladders to look into his property. Later fire fighters were called to gain access to the flat. Paramedics were unable to revive him.

A pathologist explained in a statement the combined effect of the drugs he had taken - three of five were prescribed to him - can cause a central nervous system collapse.

Coroner Robert Cohen accepted the pathologist's cause of death as multi-drug toxicity and recorded a conclusion of a drug related death.