Saint Stephen’s College: Overdose attributed to student taking parent’s medicine, school says

An elite Gold Coast school has sent a letter to parents outlining what happened in a suspected overdose incident this morning.

Saint Stephen’s College has responded to the drug overdose at the school this morning by sending a letter to parents.

Headmaster Dr Jamie Dorrington told parents in the letter that a senior school student had taken medication belonging to their parents.

“This morning a senior school student took some prescription medication belonging to a parent,” the letter reads.

The principal wrote that the student had taken their parent’s medication. Picture: AAP.

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“The medicine made him vomit.

“He was attended by the College nurse and, as a precaution, an ambulance was called. We have been advised that the boy will be fine.

“A friend of the boy may also have taken some of the medicine and we have taken steps to reassure ourselves and their parents that both boys are fine.”

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The school says today’s incident is “not related” to last year’s mass overdose. Picture: AAP.

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Dr Dorrington distanced the incident from one in February last year when seven students took the Russian designer drug Phenibut.

Four of the students were left in a critical condition, but made a full recovery.

Those seven students involved in the 2018 incident were later expelled from the school.

“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.”