Girl believes she was drugged at Boston Home of Blues live performance – NBC Boston
A Massachusetts girl believes she was drugged whereas out at a live performance in Boston.
Andrea Butler, who lives in Billerica, went into Boston on Wednesday evening for a live performance with 5 of her buddies. She says she had one drink on the Home of Blues bar.
As soon as they left the present, her buddies seen that one thing was off. Butler’s tongue was vibrant blue.
Butler mentioned by the top of the evening, she was extraordinarily sick and does not keep in mind getting residence or speaking to her household. She advised NBC10 Boston she awoke Thursday nonetheless feeling foggy and “floaty” and was seeing issues that weren’t there.
“To have one thing like this occur and to know it may occur to anyone and it occurs on a regular basis it is disgusting. And it’s extremely very scary once more I’ve women so it is all I take into consideration is what may occur to them,” she mentioned.
Butler believes somebody put one thing in her drink. However when she tried to report it, Billerica police advised her she’d have to make her report back to Boston Police, as a result of that is the place it occurred. Butler mentioned Boston police had already advised her they could not take the report over the cellphone, and that she must report it in individual.
As a result of she was nonetheless feeling the results Thursday, and with two children and a job, Butler mentioned getting from Billerica to Boston to file that report hasn’t been straightforward.
NBC10 Boston has reached out to Home of Blues for his or her response. Boston police advised NBC10 Boston that Butler can report the incident to any station within the metropolis.
Butler’s expertise occurred simply earlier than Halloween weekend, a time when Boston police urge revelers to be on alert for spiked drinks. The medication used are sometimes colorless and odorless, so they’re troublesome to detect.
To cut back the danger of being drugged, Boston police recommend the next:
- Solely take drinks from bar workers or servers, and by no means settle for open drinks from strangers.
- By no means depart your drink unattended
- Think about using drink covers or utilizing rapid-testing strips, that are designed to detect these medication
- Know the signs, which embody unexplained dizziness, nausea, confusion and disorientation, or sudden intoxication inconsistent with the quantity of alcohol you’ve got had
- Look out for buddies or anybody who appears weak, distressed, or disoriented
“The Boston Police Division emphasizes that anybody who suspects their beverage has been tampered with, or who witnesses suspicious habits in or round leisure venues, ought to contact 911 instantly. Victims of suspected drink spiking are urged to hunt emergency medical consideration and report the incident promptly to help ongoing investigations,” Boston police wrote in its Halloween weekend warning.
