Popular Australian Children's Toy Contains Date Rape Drug, Toddler Hospitalised

A Queensland toddler is being treated in hospital for suspected poisoning from a toy which contains a chemical that turns into a substance similar to the illegal drug GHB when swallowed.

Most states have banned the craft toy Bindeez, which won the Australian Toy of the Year award earlier this year.

Authorities in New South Wales, Tasmania, Western Australia, South Australia, the ACT and Queensland banned the toy today after two children in NSW became gravely ill after swallowing a large number of the product's plastic beads.