Odd this, A&E can’t help you the day after (they’re treating emergencies not for blood tests) 111 were useless, but opted not to contact the police?
Depending on what she was spiked with it might not have even been in her system at the time. In neither case was sexual assault detected.
OshaBreaker on
Not to sound harsh here but I’m always somewhat wary of ‘spiking’ stories when people are out with large groups of friends at clubs/bars.
Anyone who’s been at uni within the last decade will know that it’s semi-routinely used as an excuse by people who just get far too drunk and don’t want to face the consequences (I had one housemate admit as much to me a few weeks after the fact).
Look at how quickly the needle spiking myth suddenly generated hundreds of supposed reports despite clearly being impossible in a club environment.
With all the other pressures on them, I can see why the emergency services are reluctant to take it as seriously.
In one to one ‘date environments’ it’s obviously a different scenario, and you can see why that does need to be taken very seriously.
mronion82 on
This is going to sound uncharitable but a lot of young people don’t know how to drink alcohol very well. They get to 18 and really go for it, get pissed more quickly than they anticipated and fail to account for medication they’re taking or whether they’ve eaten etc.
I’m sure there are genuine cases but I’ve been around a few ‘spiking’ incidents that have turned out to be down to inexperience with alcohol rather than drugs slipped into drinks.
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Odd this, A&E can’t help you the day after (they’re treating emergencies not for blood tests) 111 were useless, but opted not to contact the police?
Depending on what she was spiked with it might not have even been in her system at the time. In neither case was sexual assault detected.
Not to sound harsh here but I’m always somewhat wary of ‘spiking’ stories when people are out with large groups of friends at clubs/bars.
Anyone who’s been at uni within the last decade will know that it’s semi-routinely used as an excuse by people who just get far too drunk and don’t want to face the consequences (I had one housemate admit as much to me a few weeks after the fact).
Look at how quickly the needle spiking myth suddenly generated hundreds of supposed reports despite clearly being impossible in a club environment.
With all the other pressures on them, I can see why the emergency services are reluctant to take it as seriously.
In one to one ‘date environments’ it’s obviously a different scenario, and you can see why that does need to be taken very seriously.
This is going to sound uncharitable but a lot of young people don’t know how to drink alcohol very well. They get to 18 and really go for it, get pissed more quickly than they anticipated and fail to account for medication they’re taking or whether they’ve eaten etc.
I’m sure there are genuine cases but I’ve been around a few ‘spiking’ incidents that have turned out to be down to inexperience with alcohol rather than drugs slipped into drinks.