General Article Spiking – how to protect yourself on a night out

Topic Selected: Drugs Book Volume: 444

What does spiking mean?

To spike a drink means to put alcohol or drugs into someone’s drink without their knowledge or permission. This might be with the intention to incapacitate someone enough to rob or even sexually assault them. Although sometimes spiking can be intended as a joke, it’s a very bad joke that is both dangerous and illegal.

There is also some concern at the possibility that people are being ‘spiked’ by needles/syringes containing drugs. Although this is much less likely than...

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