Joel Taylor, star of Storm Chasers, died on Tuesday while aboard the Harmony of the Seas, a ship owned and operated by Royal Caribbean. He had apparently taken too much Gamma Hydroxybutyrate (GHB), a drug that depresses the central nervous system and causes the user to experience tranquility, increased sex drive, and euphoria. Use of the drug can also lead to nausea, loss of consciousness, hallucinations, sweating, amnesia, coma, and death. Taylor lapsed into unconsciousness during a wild dance party and was taken to his room, where he was later pronounced dead. The FBI is currently investing the circumstances surrounding Taylor’s death, including how drugs got on board the ship and who supplied them.
See ‘Storm Chasers’ Star Joel Taylor Apparent Fatal OD Triggers FBI Investigation, TMZ, January 25, 2018.
See GHB or Gamma-Hydroxybutyrate, Drugs.com.
