Drink Spiking Now a Problem on College Campuses
What drug or drugs were used?
NBC News reports.
Drink Spiking at College May Be More Common Than Thought
The incidence of spiked drinks among college students may be more common than anyone thought, a new study suggests.
Researchers who surveyed more than 6,000 students from three American universities found that nearly 8 percent said they thought they’d been slipped a doctored drink, while over 1 percent said they had sneaked one into someone else’s glass, according to the study published in Psychology of Violence.
“I think it’s been around for a while, but it was under the radar,” said the study’s lead author, Suzanne Swan, a professor in the departments of psychology and women’s and gender studies at the University of South Carolina, Columbia.
High-profile cases, like those of Bill Cosby and ex-NFL star Darren Sharper may have brought it more to the fore, Swan said. Recently, actress Rebel Wilson tweeted that her drink had been “roofied” while she was at a club with friends.
Comments
Without a blood/urine test, people indicating that they “thought” they may have been drugged once is pure nonsense data.
Alcohol is a mind and mood-altering drug and your background metabolism plays a major role in how you respond. It is easy to “feel” as though you took something, especially when paranoia sets in (sometimes, when alcohol is mixed with other recreational activities that the person themselves chose to partake in).