Women are often told to watch their drinks while partying. But even well-intentioned advice can perpetuate the idea they’re to blame if they are assaulted.
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Needle spiking is when a person is injected with a drug without their consent. Reports started to emerge in the UK in 2021 but this has now been reported around the world, including in Australia.
Data is patchy but this is what we know so far.
Preventing drink spiking is a collective responsibility, not something to be shouldered by potential victims.
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Adjunct Professor at the National Drug Research Institute (Melbourne based), Curtin University
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Professor, Anglia Ruskin University
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Lecturer, RMIT University
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Professor, Principal Research Fellow at the La Trobe Rural Health School, La Trobe University
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Senior Lecturer and Deputy Director, Reducing Gender-Based Violence Research Group, La Trobe University
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Associate Professor, Health and Social Sciences, Singapore Institute of Technology