With clubs and pubs reopening to capacity crowds once more, experts fear cases of drink spiking may be on the rise
Drug and alcohol experts say that venues can follow simple rules to help keep patrons safe. But how do you detect it and what can be done to crack down on drink spiking?Drink spiking is when someone puts another substance – which is usually alcohol – into a person’s drink without them knowing.
“The whole purpose of spiking is to incapacitate a person,” says Hayley Foster, the CEO of Full Stop Australia, a group that provides counselling to support people affected by sexual violence.Lee says people do use drink spiking to commit sexual assault, but often it’s used to “prank” people.“Obviously there are definitely people who spike women’s drinks to commit a sexual assault or abuse them in some way, but a lot of drink spiking is just pranking someone,” Lee says.
Lee says solutions were “delicate to navigate” because the entire onus shouldn’t be on the person to protect themselves from it happening. Watch out for if the drink they order is different to what you requested, and stop drinking if you think it tastes weird. Also avoid sharing drinks. Caution should also be taken with shared jugs of alcohol brought to tables. If you think water or alcohol from a shared jug tastes weird, do not finish it.
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