Woman 'Overdoses' At American Head Charge Concert In Minneapolis

Downtown Journal Online is reporting that police responded to a call about the apparent overdose of a 22-year-old woman during an AMERICAN HEAD CHARGE concert at the newly reopened Quest nightclub in Minneapolis on February 11. A friend called 911 after the unidentified woman became ill in the restroom. Police and paramedics arrived and medical treatment was given, according to a police report. She was released after a night in the hospital, according to the friend.

The woman did not appear intoxicated when she entered the club, and whatever drug she was on — "something other than alcohol," said her friend — likely had been ingested before entering the club.

"We don't expect every bar to see ... if someone has just ingested some narcotics," said Luther Krueger, crime prevention specialist for the 1st Precinct.

The woman's friend said that, after the incident, a Quest employee was "very upset" that she had called police instead of letting Quest security handle the situation, according to the Downtown Journal Online. She added that the employee told her the club has medically trained staff to deal with such situations.

Ryan — the employee in question — denied that he told the woman she should not have called 911, and that it is not the club's policy to deal with medical emergencies itself, but that Quest security are better equipped than patrons to deal with such situations and direct police and paramedics to victims.

"[The police] would have gotten called," he said, although he questioned if the incident — during which the woman was standing and conscious — constituted an overdose.

Source: Blabbermouth