A 60-year-old grandmother and another guest were sent to the hospital after a wedding became chaotic due to drug-laced cupcakes.
At the party in Torquay, Devon, the grandma accidentally consumed a sweet treat that had been spiked with cannabis and became asleep for 12 hours.
Between the wedding ceremony and reception, when the cupcakes were set out on a table, she remembered being “totally unaware” of what had happened.
The lady, who requested to remain anonymous, stated: “My sister-in-law later informed me that she had difficulty feeling my pulse and that I was grey in color.
Until I woke up in the hospital the next morning at three in the morning, I was utterly unaware of what was happening.
Cupcakes were arranged at random on the table in the interval between the ceremony and the celebration. I had no idea they were drug-filled.
I never would have touched one if I had known that, the person said.
After making a similar error, another visitor also became sick and had to be brought to the hospital.
When the paramedics arrived at the scene, the grandmother’s sister-in-law was just about to start administering CPR.
She reflected on the turmoil and stated, “I was OK one minute and the next I told one of my family members, “I don’t feel very good,” which shows how rapidly I was sick.
A little kid was just about to pick up one of the cupcakes, but thankfully the child’s parents intervened in time to save them from what might have been a fatal mistake.
It is horrifying to consider that the culprit just vanished without being found after seeing all that had happened.
You never believe that you will experience spiking. A major wake-up call has resulted from this encounter.
“I would never put any drug into my body, but that option is taken away when it’s concealed in something else,” the person said.
The offender left the reception early, much to the displeasure of the bride and husband.
Once their guests’ circumstances had stabilized, the reception was finally able to proceed.
Police were summoned to the wedding, but they did not visit the victims when they were hospitalized, and the case was later dismissed for a lack of evidence.
The event, according to anti-spiking activist Dawn Dines, is a part of a rising trend where drugs are put to meals rather than simply beverages.
Everyone has a right to know precisely what is going into their body, according to Ms. Dines, chief executive of Stamp Out Spiking. Equal power and informed consent are essential; anything less is spiking.
For this reason, I’m requesting that Suella Braverman, the Home Secretary, expand the legal definition of spiking and designate it as a distinct, reportable criminal offense.
The Home Office and Ms. Braverman have until October 26 to report to the House of Commons Committee on the development of a distinct criminal offense for doping.
I am determined that people hear tales like these in the meantime.