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Article: WA: Drink spiking epidemic an urban myth say police
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- AAP General News (Australia)
- Article date:
- July 17, 2003
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WA: Drink spiking epidemic an urban myth say police
By Andrea Mayes
PERTH, July 17 AAP - Police today dismissed as an urban myth an
apparent epidemic of
drink spiking in Perth nightclubs, after tests on suspected victims
found alcohol to be
the only significant drug present.
Police believe some young women were getting drunk at Perth nightspots
then using drink
spiking as an excuse to justify behaviour they later regretted.
Forensic tests conducted by the West Australian Chemistry Centre
on 44 women who believed
they were the victims of drink spiking failed to detect any trace
of central nervous system
(CNS) depressants.
CNS depressants such as GHB, ...