The father of an Auckland who died from a synthetic drugs overdose is calling for the Government to do more to.

Yesterday, Cabinet received a coroner’s report that shows deaths related to the drug rose to 45 over the last month.

Lewis Jones lost his son, Callum, in September last year after taking synthetic cannabis, a drug he was addicted to for five years.

He told Andrew Dickens that his son had been addicted for around five years, and that he had resorted to having Calum committed to a detox centre.

“He was in their care, and then to realise there is no system out there to help these people in rehabiliation, that’s been my biggest... open my eyes.”

He says that police are restricted in their ability to stop synthetic drug dealers due to a lack of policy.

“Why aren’t they putting the restrictions in place to actually prevent people from selling it?”

Jones says that there are limited programs available to help synthetic drug addicts rehabilitate.  

LISTEN TO LEWIS JONES TALK WITH ANDREW DICKENS