Student, 18, who died after taking ketamine at uni party was 'very anti-drugs and moved flats to avo
A STUDENT who died after taking ketamine at a party was "very anti-drugs", an inquest heard.
Megan Pollitt, 18, died just weeks after moving flats because she was worried about others taking drugs at her halls of residence.
But the day after moving the Cardiff University law student admitted to a worried friend she had tried ketamine.
Megan, who had Type One diabetes, sustained a fatal brain injury after drinking heavily and taking the Class B drug at a party several days later.
She died at University Hospital of Wales in November 2020 after going into cardiac arrest in her room at Talybont Court student accommodation.
An inquest into her death at Pontypridd Coroner’s Court on Tuesday recorded a verdict of death by misadventure.
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Days before her death Megan text pal Elise Roberts saying she had taken ketamine with her new flatmates Joseph Morgan and Barzy Aziz.
The text read: "Update on how uni is going, I got free ket last night... My second night in my new flat and I take ket... We only took it in Joe’s room so it was a calm environment to do it in.”
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Megan added: "I’m going to get a drug addiction just because I’m attention-deprived."
Elise told Pontypridd Coroner’s Court she believed her friend was joking but added: “I wasn’t happy with her taking ketamine – it worried me.”
Megan's mum Kelly said her daughter was "very anti-drugs" and always got on well in school while living at home in Rugby, Warwickshire.
The teenager enjoyed sixth form and was active in extracurricular clubs and a school prefect, Wales Online reports.
Kelly added Megan had "an issue with some taking drugs, mainly cocaine and ketamine" before moving flats.
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She told the court: "Meg didn’t like this and told me about it."
"We went to get her and brought her home.
"She spoke to the university and said she didn’t feel safe so the university offered her a different room in Talybont Court.
"Meg never had any issues with alcohol and was just a normal teenager.
"I think she started drinking more at uni but I think this was a normal amount for a student.
"We were not aware of Meg taking drugs.
"She was always very anti-drugs even in the weeks up to her death when she moved flat because of it.
"She spoke about people using something called ‘rhino ket’ and seemed genuinely surprised people were taking it."
She seemed fit and healthy
Kelly last spoke to her daughter - the day of the party where she sustained the fatal brain injury.
She said: "I spoke to her on FaceTime in the afternoon. We talked through general things like where she was doing her food shopping, what she was having for dinner.
"She said she was having a house party that night or the following night. She seemed fit and healthy."
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The Sun previously told how Megan had collapsed at her uni halls in November 2020.
Emergency services were called to Talybont shortly after midnight on November 14 following a report that Megan had gone into cardiac arrest.
Police had also attended the halls after of a report of a party breaching Covid rules.
Megan died two days later after the swelling in her brain caused brain stem death.
She was Covid-positive at the time, which prevented organ donation.
Mum Kelly said family members were able to spend some time with her daughter in hospital before she died.
She said: "We are taking it day by day but obviously it is hard.
"We are still trying to understand what happened in the week she moved into the new flat.
"It was suggested she hadn’t been taking care of her diabetes well but I find this hard to understand.
"There are a lot of unanswered questions about what happened during that night."
Megan is survived by her parents Kelly and Chris and her sister Jenna.
In a tribute shortly after her death the family said she was "full of dreams and aspirations" with a "beautiful bright smile and positive energy."
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They added: "Meg dedicated her time to everyone around her and was always there for others.
"We will miss her beautiful bright smile and positive energy that would lift the spirits of anyone."
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