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Teens overdose at Gold Coast school
Two teenagers have been taken to hospital after a suspected drug overdose at a Gold Coast school involving a parent’s subscription medication.
August 7, 2019
Two teenage boys are being treated for a suspected drug overdose at a Gold Coast private school that was the scene of a mass overdose last year.
Paramedics were called just after 11am to treat two 15-year-old students at St Stephens College at Upper Coomera, who they say had taken an unknown substance.
The boys were vomiting and suffering from nausea, with elevated heart rates, a Queensland Ambulance spokesman said.
The pair were taken to hospital in a stable condition for further assessment.
In a statement, the school confirmed the students took some prescription medication belonging to a parent.
The Queensland Police child protection unit is investigating.
It is the second overdose at the school after seven students overdosed in February last year and were later expelled.
“Many of you will be aware that the media have already jumped on this story and tried to make links with events from last year – I can assure you that these two events are not related,” the school’s statement read.