THE family of Christopher Scott have met MP Robert Buckland to push for the legal high that killed their son to be banned.

At his inquest on Tuesday the family, from Park South, heard how the father-of-three Christopher had died from multiple organ failure after taking at least two green pills, each the size of a paracetamol tablet, with a US dollar symbol on them.

The 23-year-old from Park South took the drugs – which are widely available on the internet – in a skatepark in Buckhurst Fields after being offered it by friends on July 21.

The drugs were later shown to contain the synthetic legal high, Alpha-methyltriptamine – AMT – and the coroner sent a report to the Home Office encouraging the Home Secretary, Theresa May, to have it banned.

On Thursday, Christopher’s parents, Michael and Wendy Scott, and his sister Danielle met with South Swindon MP, Robert Buckland, to find out what else could be done to raise awareness of the issue.

Michael, 48, said: “The meeting went really well. We had a hard copy of the coroner’s report which he sent to the Home Office.

“He has been trying to get lots of stuff done for years on this issue so hopefully we can give him some more ammunition to help get this banned.

“More than anything else we want to stop other families having to go through what we have gone through.

“We are doing what we can to raise awareness of it through Facebook and everything.”

Christopher’s sister, Danielle, 21, wants to get the message out there so no other sister has to go through what she has.

She said: “Just because they are legal doesn’t make them safe.

“People take them because they won’t get into trouble and because they think that because it’s legal then it’s been tested.”

Mr Buckland has promised to help the family in whatever way they can to help the family in their campaign.

He said: “I was glad to be able to meet Christopher’s parents and to talk about their wish to help make sure that other tragedies are prevented. I will be writing to the Home Secretary to support the Coroner’s call for AMT to be outlawed.”

There has been very little research done on the effects of AMT and many other legal highs, but it is known they can have a different impact on different people.

Christopher’s death rocked his family in the summer and has left the hundreds who knew him distraught.

As well as having the drug banned, the family are calling for more education to warn other youngsters of the dangers of taking so-called legal highs.