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Three People Including Two Teens In Serious Condition After GHB Overdose In Abbotsford

The Canadian Press, 22 Jun, 2015 11:41 AM
    ABBOTSFORD, B.C. — Police in Abbotsford, B.C., say three people including two teens are in serious condition after overdosing on a drug believed to be GHB.
     
    Officers say one of their friends called police from a park at about 6:45 p.m. Sunday to report that the youths were having a bad reaction to a drug.
     
    The caller said the three were vomiting and convulsing.
     
    Police say they arrived to find a 19-year-old man and a 15-year-old girl unresponsive, and a 17-year-old girl who was semi-conscious.
     
    All three remain to hospital and are expected to survive.
     
    Police have issued a reminder that GHB and other street drugs can contain dangerous and unknown additives.

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