Drink Spiking

I wanted to bring up the Issue of Drink Spiking. Here in Australia it is a big problem, although the media don’t really like to talk about it. I don’t know the actual statistics, but listening friends and peoples stories it seems to happen alot. It has happened to four friends of mine and one was a guy, his drink had been spiked on two seperate occasions the second time left him hospitalised for 3 days.

I really believe that more should be done to stop drink spiking and really start to prosecute the perpetrators of this horrible act. Its bad enough that when we go out night clubbing we have to put up with rude/sexist comments, inappropriate touching and grabbing. But on top of that we have to watch our drinks like hawks, so we don’t end up being sexually assaulted or seriously injured while being drugged and unconscious.

Friends that have shared their experiences with me, have total memory loss of the events that took place having never remembered what actually happened. And unfortunatly alot of the time these women just end up as statistics with the police not wanting to know about their ordeals.

I understand that the process of stopping drink spiking can be quite difficult as it hard to catch people as it is such a sneeky act, but im certain there must ways that this crime can be combated. Things like education and public awareness with government funding and community support should be more prevalent, and there should be more care and support for the victims of sexual assault.