Man in 20s in critical condition at Gold Coast hospital after collapsing on dance floor in suspected overdose

A man in his 20s stopped breathing at a nightclub after suffering a suspected cocaine overdose on a night out with friends.

A man who collapsed and stopped breathing on the dance floor of a popular Gold Coast nightclub is in a critical condition after he suffered a suspected cocaine overdose on the weekend.

Emergency services rushed to the Cocktails and Dreams Nightclub Lounge Bar in Surfers Paradise just after midnight on Sunday following a report a man aged in his 20s had collapsed.

When police arrived they evacuated the bar as CPR was being carried out on the man.

A man aged in his 20s is in a critical condition in hospital after suffering a suspected cocaine overdose at a Gold Coast nightclub on Sunday morning.

He was rushed to the Gold Coast University Hospital where he remains in a critical condition.

Queensland Police Acting Superintendent Scott Knowles said police spoke to the man’s friends who told them he had been consuming cocaine earlier that evening.

Superintendent Knowles said it appeared that cocaine had contributed to the man collapsing on the dance floor.

“It is important to understand that there is no way you can determine the purity of illicit drugs, or if (illicit drugs have) been mixed with other chemicals,” he said.

“You are taking your life into your own hands by taking illicit drugs, and unfortunately this man has experienced that.

“We say just be very, very cautious.

“They are illicit for a reason, don’t take drugs.”