Newcastle schoolboy informed ‘you’ve got been spiced’ after spiked vape left him ‘out of it’
A boy was rushed to hospital after being offered a vape by an older pupil on a school bus in Newcastle, with his dad now warning others about the dangers of vaping and spiking
The young boy was on his way to school at North Gosforth Academy when it is claimed he was ‘spiked’ with a vape(Image: Google)
A teenage boy was rushed to hospital after being told “you’ve been spiced” with a spiked vape whilst heading to school The parent of a Year 8 student revealed his son was “totally out of it” after sampling a vape he suspects had been tampered with.
Northumbria Police have launched an investigation after the incident was reported to them. The youngster’s father told ChronicleLive: “He couldn’t speak because his mouth was that dry when he was in the ambulance and his eyes kept rolling to the back of his head.”
The dad, who wished to remain anonymous, explained his son was aboard the Scholars school bus bound for North Gosforth Academy in Seaton Burn on Wednesday morning when an older student offered him a go on a vape, billing it as a “new flavour”, reports Chronicle Live.
The child’s father said: “Stupidly he’s said he’ll have a shot at it. He wasn’t really peer pressured into it.
“He took two big puffs of the vape and it didn’t instantly hit him. But when he went to get off the bus his eyes hit the back of his head and that’s when they said ‘you’ve just been spiced’.”
Another student rang for an ambulance and the young boy was rushed to hospital where medics put him on a drip, his father revealed. He was discharged later that same day.
The father claims that when his son’s blood was tested at the hospital it showed he had been affected by “mazza”, which appears to be a local term used to describe vapes laced with illegal substances.
He’s now urging parents and youngsters to be vigilant about the perils of vaping and the threat of spiking, stating: “It seems a lot of youngsters are vaping now. I want to create awareness around the borough for parents and kids with vapes.”
A representative for Gosforth Group, the trust overseeing North Gosforth Academy, commented: “We are aware of the allegation concerning a student on the Scholar bus. The matter is currently subject to a police investigation, and as such, we are unable to provide further comment at this time.”
They added: “The safety and wellbeing of our students is our highest priority, and we are cooperating fully with the police.”
A spokesperson for the North East Ambulance Service reported: “We were called to reports of a person unwell in Fern Drive, Dudley, on 4 February. We dispatched one ambulance crew, who transported the patient to hospital for further treatment.”
