Boy slipped date rape drug at Fredericton teen dance
Last Updated: Wednesday, June 17, 2009 | 11:14 AM AT
CBC News
A Fredericton mother feels her son was not given proper attention at a city music complex after he was slipped a date rape drug and hurt himself at a recent teen dance.
Tanya Vrolyk said her son Tyler, 17, was given GHB at the monthly teen dance held at Fredericton's Musiplex on June 5, and hit his head.
"They let him walk out of that club bleeding, hurt, not knowing who he was, and never gave him the time of day," she said.
Not true, said Lloyd Merriam, the owner of the Musiplex. He said that Tyler was offered medical attention and a cab ride home.
The Musiplex website also posted a new policy after the incident saying that all drinks left unattended will be thrown away.
Teen left water bottle on table
According to Vrolyk, her son left his water bottle on a table to go dance.
When he returned a few minutes later to have a drink, he noticed it tasted salty so he only took a few mouthfuls.
"Five or 10 minutes later he started feeling the effects and saying, you know, he felt very dizzy, light-headed. He said, 'My heart's starting to race,'" Tanya Vrolyk said.
A friend took Tyler into the washroom where he sat on the floor. When he tried to get up again he hit his head on a candy machine.
The Vrolyks picked their son up from the dance after receiving a call from one of Tyler's friends who said that something was wrong.
They took him to a Fredericton hospital where they found out he had ingested the date rape drug gamma hydroxybutyric or GHB.
Const. Ralph Currie, a spokesman with the Fredericton Police, said an officer was outside the Musiplex. He said the officer was not involved with this incident and that nobody approached him for help.
Currie did say the police received an anonymous phone call about a young male with a head injury.
