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'Drugs rife among Coast kids'
Nikkii Joyce | 22nd November 2009
A SECURITY guard who saved the life of a Sunshine Coast school-leaver after he overdosed on cocaine and morphine last week says the drug scene among Coast teenagers is “chaos”.
Former RAAF officer Nathan Moore was being hailed a hero after he revived the 18-year-old Maroochydore High student at a school formal after-party on Wednesday.
Yesterday Mr Moore revealed how close the young man came to losing his life, and said he believed a significant number of others at the party had indulged in the potentially lethal drug combination.
“I held his hand the whole time. He was crying and he told me that he was worried about getting in trouble with the police,” Mr Moore said.
“Then he would lose consciousness and his body would start seizing. I have no doubt that this was a life and death situation.”
Mr Moore is employed by Gatecrash Security, which also operates in Brisbane, the Gold Coast, Ipswich and Toowoomba, specialising in protecting private parties.
Managing director Mark Ellis, a former drug squad police officer, said the Sunshine Coast youth drug culture was one of the worst in the state and second only to the Gold Coast.
Gatecrash Security say drugs at at 90% of the school parties they are hired to attend.
The cocaine found on the Coast teenager last week was worth about $350 a gram and was a drug of choice for “wealthy rock stars”, he said.
“The fact that this area is a holiday destination means that drugs are usually more available, and easier to access, due to the influx of visitors seeking to purchase a range of illicit substances.”
Mr Moore said he and two female officers were hired to do security at a Diddillibah after-formal party.
He had issued the 18-year-old man with a final warning about an hour before the teenager was found unconscious.
“He had left the party to go outside a couple of times and I issued him a final warning that he would not be allowed to get back in again if he left,” Mr Moore said.
“Once all the guests were inside we secured the premises and we began making our regular patrols every 10 minutes.”
Mr Moore said the young man was found 50 metres away from other guests, lying face down in a garden bed.
He determined from conversations with the victim and others at the party that the teenager had consumed a dangerous cocktail of alcohol and drugs.
“I was told he had consumed a bottle of Absolut vodka straight, four white-coloured morphine tablets and cocaine,” Mr Moore said.
“A bag of what is believed to have been cocaine was found in his pants and handed over to police.”
Mr Moore said he wanted to meet the man whose life he saved.
“Saving a person's life is probably the greatest thing you could ever do.
“I found it an absolute privilege to be able to do that.”
http://www.sunshinecoastdaily.com.a...ho-saved-grads-life-reveals-drugs-rife-among/