NEWS: Herald Sun - 29/05/07 'Ambulance officer on rape charge'

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It's probably worth mentioning that drink spiking isn't solely limited to a shady stranger waiting for an unattended glass to put some G or a benzo into. The most common form of drink spiking would be from alcohol, with friends purchasing someone a strong drink (a cocktail for example) without mentioning the huge alcohol content.

 

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I agree with crankinit and every study Ive seen on the topic seems to support the idea that the "epidemic" of drink spiking is largely a media construct. It's also fueled by the fact that people who "g out" continually claim there drunk was spiked because the public opinion of G is so distorted and misled that people would lose any credibility if they admitted they willingly take the drug, such as this case and that other tv star who was found unconscious with G on him.

In a UK study of more than 1000 women who claimed drug-assisted sexual assault, only 2% were identified as deliberate spiking cases with sedative drugs.2 The most common drug detected was alcohol in 46% of samples,

Conclusions: Most patients allegedly having had a spiked drink test negative for drugs of misuse. The symptoms are more likely to be a result of excess alcohol.

from here - http://emj.bmj.com/cgi/content/abstract/24/2/89