Needle Spiking Horror: Young Tourist's Nightmare

Taylor Coulter, an 18-year-old from Port Glasgow, recounted a terrifying ordeal in Magaluf on June 21, 2026. While at the Bananas nightclub, she was unknowingly injected with a needle on the stairs.

Within moments, Taylor felt incapacitating effects, experiencing a sharp pain in her arm followed by a flowing sensation throughout her body. Her friends managed to get her back to the hotel, where she was sick. Hospital tests later confirmed she had been injected with GHB and an antidepressant.

GHB, a potent sedative known as a date-rape drug, caused significant memory loss of the event. Doctors also treated Taylor for potential blood infections from the needle injection, placing her on anti-viral medications for HIV and hepatitis.

The treatment has severely impacted her physical condition, leaving her struggling with fatigue and unable to train. This is a devastating setback as Taylor was preparing to take up a football scholarship at Louisiana State University in the USA next month.

Taylor, who was sober at the time of the attack, is sharing her experience to warn others about the hidden dangers of needle spiking. She emphasizes the importance of staying with friends during holidays, as her own friends' quick actions were crucial in getting her timely medical attention.