Suspected victims of drink spiking are more likely to be suffering from drugs and alcohol they have willingly consumed, according to Austral
Suspected victims of drink spiking are more likely to be suffering from drugs and alcohol they have willingly consumed, according to Australian research. Of 100 suspected drink-spiking cases reviewed in a West Australian study, none were found to involve being slipped a sedative or illicit drug. What emerged instead was a concerning picture of excess alcohol and illegal drug use by people - usually young women - at the centre of these drink-spiking claims. "The public's perception that it's a guy putting a sedative drug into a woman's drink, at a pub or a club, we just didn't find that at all," said Dr Mark Little, a clinical toxicologist at the Royal Perth Hospital. "As a community, we have a bigger problem with illicit drug use and alcohol binge drinking than we do with drink spiking."
