A man that collapsed in a supermarket aisle has become the fifth person suspected to have overdosed on the newest drug craze ‘Fantasy’ in just three days.
CCTV footage has emerged of a man staggering around a supermarket in Surfers Paradise at around 2am in the morning before collapsing on the floor.
Paramedics attended to the man and rushed him to Gold Coast University Hospital shortly after, where he remains in a critical condition.
The man is believed to be in his 20s and is suspected to have taken the drug ‘fantasy’.
‘Fantasy’ or Gamma-hydroxybutyrate is a depressant drug, also known as ‘liquid ecstasy’ or ‘liquid E’.
Two days earlier, four others were admitted to hospital on grounds that they had allgedly overdosed on the same drug in Queensland’s Gold Coast.
Emergency services had been called to Cavill Avenue Hotel at around 2.30am to attend to two unconscious women, and later – at around 8.30am – two men were found, unconscious, at the same location.
The two women and one of the men were taken to Gold Coast University Hospital, while the other man was rushed to intensive care at Robina Hospital.
CCTV footage has emerged of a man staggering around a supermarket in Surfers Paradise at around 2am in the morning before collapsing on the floor
He is suspected to have taken ‘Fantasy’ or Gamma-hydroxybutyrate (GHB), a depressant drug that contains sedative and anesthetic properties
Allan Windsor from Queensland Ambulance Services told the Gold Coast Bulletin that the consequences of taking illicit drugs are dire and devastating.
He also stressed the huge number of resources it requires from the community.
‘This morning, for example, we had two cars, plus two critical care paramedics, that’s four resources, plus myself, that’s five,’ he said.
‘By the time we get to the hospital system…the amount of doctors, nurses, where they could be attending other patients as well.’
Senior police officials told NINE News that they weren’t concerned that a particularly ‘bad batch’ of the drug has been circulated as ‘any illegal drugs have the potential to kill’.
However, they are concerned about higher levels of this drug on the street, particularly with schoolies just around the corner.
Daily Mail Australia has reached out to Queensland Police for further information.