GHB overdose blamed for vomiting, convulsions in 3 Abbotsford B.C. teens
'I just started getting dizzier and dizzier ... I couldn't think,' says 17-year-old who took GHB
Police in Abbotsford, B.C., are warning teenagers and their parents after three young people took GHB to get high and wound up with vomiting, convulsions, and a trip to the hospital.
CBC News spoke to one of the teens, a 17-year-old girl who was semi-conscious when police and ambulance arrived around 6:45 p.m. PT last night.
The girl said she was hanging out with friends in Mill Lake Park when another girl offered them the drug.
"She was handing it out like it was nothing," said the 17-year-old, who was back in the park today after being released from hospital. CBC News is not identifying the teenager.
At first, the 17-year-old thought she was fine, but then started vomiting.
"I just started getting dizzier and dizzier and just couldn't think," she said. Her friends were in worse condition. One had blood coming out of her nose and mouth, she said.
The Abbotsford Police Department said a 19-year old man and a 15-year old girl were unresponsive when they arrived.
Overdose damage won't be known for days
Police confirmed that all three were transported to hospital in serious condition.
"They are all going to survive from this overdose, albeit we won't know the impact of the drugs on their system and their organs for several days," said Const. Ian MacDonald of Abbotsford police.
GHB, or gamma-hydroxybutyric acid, is a colourless and odourless anaesthetic that's known as a date-rape drug and a party drug.
"We want to remind people of the inherent dangers of using street drugs," MacDonald said in an earlier statement.
"GHB and other street drugs have unknown ingredients, additives and cutting agents in them and therefore they can have unknown effects on your body ... including serious injury or death."
With files from Meera Bains