Concerns about an emerging trend of 'vape spiking' have been shared after one woman collapsed from taking a puff of a stranger's device. Trainee paramedic Chloe Hammerton, 26, attended the Isle of Wight festival with her partner and brother, where she became suddenly "unwell" and "unconscious" after being offered a puff of a vape from a passerby. Describing the incident to the BBC, she said: "It was like the entire world went into slow motion, pins and needles throughout my body and then I collapsed onto the floor - within a minute I was unconscious." Medics at the festival helped Chloe before she was transferred to Southampton General Hospital, where she was "vomiting uncontrollably" for a further 16 hours. Sign up for our free Indy100 weekly newsletter The outlet reports that a 51-year-old has since been arrested on suspicion of administering a poison or noxious substance with intent. An expert went on to suggest that vape spiking is a "hugely unreported crime" that is "happening on our streets every day." "All of these different flavours - it's so easy to ask someone 'why don't you try my blueberry vape? ' - that's as quickly as you can catch somebody," Dawn Dines of campaign group Stamp Out Spiking continued. A spokesperson for the Isle of Wight Festival said in a widely reported statement: "This was an isolated incident dealt with quickly and professionally by all teams on site and no further reports of this nature have been recorded," "Our event medical team employs a wide range of appropriately qualified healthcare professionals. "These fully-trained individuals work 24 hours a day across our medical facilities on site." Have your say in our news democracy. Click the upvote icon at the top of the page to help raise this article through the indy100 rankings.

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