Share Josh is the third teenager in North Yorkshire to die a drug-related death in 18 months. Leah Hayes, 15, died in Northallerton in May 2019 after being given Ecstasy and a 14-year-old girl died in Scarborough in May 2020. The county's police, fire and crime commissioner, Julia Mulligan said about Josh's death: 'The availability of illegal substances on our streets is a huge concern to me, and has been for some time. 'Not enough has been done to tackle this, and that has to change.' An inquest opening at Northallerton Coroners Court was told he died of multiple organ failure due to the effects of taking the drug 'identified as MDMA'