Post by Mickey Martini on Dec 14, 2004 11:36:29 GMT -5
www.canada.com/vancouver/theprovince/news/story.html?id=44ac7996-6aa0-4b5e-a95b-a6ebc0afd48d
A three-year-old girl is recovering after drinking water laced with the date-rape drug GHB from her dad's water bottle.
"He left it sitting out without any regard for the three-year-old who was playing nearby," said Vancouver Const. Anne Drennan. "It was a completely irresponsible act."
The 33-year-old father of two went to a party Saturday night -- police say GHB is fast becoming the drug of choice at house parties -- and brought home the GHB-laden drink. He left it where the child was able to reach it.
About 9 a.m. Sunday the infant had a seizure.
When the father told his wife what the toddler might have imbibed, she immediately phoned 911.
"The mother called 911 after the baby began to choke, and had what they believe was a seizure," said Drennan.
The unconscious child was rushed to Children's Hospital. She improved dramatically and police said she may soon be released.
Police charged the man with criminal negligence. It is not illegal to possess the drug, which is a controlled substance and may not be sold legally. Police did not release the man's name to protect his daughter's identity.
GHB -- gamma hydroxybutyrate -- is used not only as a date-rape drug, but also as a sexual enhancer and a workout enhancer.
Const. Scott Rintoul, the RCMP's drug awareness officer, said the potentially lethal drug has also gripped Vancouver's house-party scene.
He said some young women take the drug because it has similar effects to alcohol, with no calories or hangover.
"We are hearing lots of reports of house parties where inside the fridge door there's a glass container with GHB in it mixed with water and it's basically help yourself," Rintoul said. "There's no quality control so you don't know what the concentrations are and, if you ingest too much, you'll pass out."
Rintoul said partygoers often place a glow-stick or food colouring in the GHB-laden water to identify that the water is laced.
However, in the little girl's case it would likely have made no difference.
"A little girl is going to look at coloured water and think it's Gatorade," Rintoul said. "She's lucky to be alive."
Vancouver police issued a warning to nightclubbers last July after a string of GHB druggings, including a man who was found unconscious on the floor of a nightclub washroom.
GHB appeared in Vancouver in the early 1990s among bodybuilders. It was outlawed by the federal government in 1998, following a similar move in the U.S. a few years earlier after authorities linked the drug to at least 60 In the U.S., GHB overdoses are now more common than ecstacy overdoses.
Why would a married man and father of two be carrying the date rape drug at a party? And furthermore why the fuck bring it home. I hope they throw the book at him, and I am glad to see his daughter is ok
A three-year-old girl is recovering after drinking water laced with the date-rape drug GHB from her dad's water bottle.
"He left it sitting out without any regard for the three-year-old who was playing nearby," said Vancouver Const. Anne Drennan. "It was a completely irresponsible act."
The 33-year-old father of two went to a party Saturday night -- police say GHB is fast becoming the drug of choice at house parties -- and brought home the GHB-laden drink. He left it where the child was able to reach it.
About 9 a.m. Sunday the infant had a seizure.
When the father told his wife what the toddler might have imbibed, she immediately phoned 911.
"The mother called 911 after the baby began to choke, and had what they believe was a seizure," said Drennan.
The unconscious child was rushed to Children's Hospital. She improved dramatically and police said she may soon be released.
Police charged the man with criminal negligence. It is not illegal to possess the drug, which is a controlled substance and may not be sold legally. Police did not release the man's name to protect his daughter's identity.
GHB -- gamma hydroxybutyrate -- is used not only as a date-rape drug, but also as a sexual enhancer and a workout enhancer.
Const. Scott Rintoul, the RCMP's drug awareness officer, said the potentially lethal drug has also gripped Vancouver's house-party scene.
He said some young women take the drug because it has similar effects to alcohol, with no calories or hangover.
"We are hearing lots of reports of house parties where inside the fridge door there's a glass container with GHB in it mixed with water and it's basically help yourself," Rintoul said. "There's no quality control so you don't know what the concentrations are and, if you ingest too much, you'll pass out."
Rintoul said partygoers often place a glow-stick or food colouring in the GHB-laden water to identify that the water is laced.
However, in the little girl's case it would likely have made no difference.
"A little girl is going to look at coloured water and think it's Gatorade," Rintoul said. "She's lucky to be alive."
Vancouver police issued a warning to nightclubbers last July after a string of GHB druggings, including a man who was found unconscious on the floor of a nightclub washroom.
GHB appeared in Vancouver in the early 1990s among bodybuilders. It was outlawed by the federal government in 1998, following a similar move in the U.S. a few years earlier after authorities linked the drug to at least 60 In the U.S., GHB overdoses are now more common than ecstacy overdoses.
Why would a married man and father of two be carrying the date rape drug at a party? And furthermore why the fuck bring it home. I hope they throw the book at him, and I am glad to see his daughter is ok
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