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Essex woman's warning after drink spiked at Ibiza Rocks

A woman who became ill after her drink was spiked on holiday has been warning others to take extra care via a social media campaign. Layla Boudaboussa, 26, from Chigwell, Essex, was at an Ibiza Rocks event with her friends and her mother on the Spanish island on 11 July when she began to feel unwell. "I felt very drunk and I thought, I had not drunk enough to be feeling how I felt," she said. Ibiza Rocks has been approached for comment. Her mother, Jeanette Boudaboussa told her daughter that her eyes "were rolling in the back of my head"."They tried to stand me up and I couldn't stand, I couldn't speak. I was foaming at the mouth as well, apparently, which was quite traumatic to hear," the 26-year-old was taken to a medical room at the venue, where staff ran some tests."The ran a finger-prick test apparently, and that's how they determined that the level of alcohol in my system was quite low," she said. "So it meant I wasn't drunk and that obviously led to the conclusion of drugs. That's when they confirmed I had been spiked."She said she regained consciousness 15 hours later, but could barely stand up. Ms Boudaboussa said when her mother explained to her that her drink had been spiked she felt "tearful and really confused".Her GP in the UK told her she thought her drink had been spiked with the illegal drugs GHB and ketamine. "I'm starting to feel better now, but the first week was quite difficult," she said. "I kept falling asleep. I fell asleep eating my dinner."Ms Boudaboussa said her memory had also been affected and she had become added her mother was told by a manager at the event that spiking incidents had been happening on a daily Boudaboussa decided to post her experience on TikTok to warn others and her video has been viewed more than 269,000 times."I just wanted to turn a really negative experience into a positive one," she Boudaboussa said many people, including mothers, had contacted her and were buying drink covers for their sons and believed more could be done by venues to prevent drink spiking - including the use of film stickers placed over glasses once a drink has been poured. Follow Essex news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.