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‘NEEDLE SPIKING’

Syringe Attacks on Women at U.K. Clubs Are on the Rise

It’s a frightening twist on drugging drinks, police say.

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It’s a diabolical twist on spiking someone’s drink: women out clubbing in the U.K. have reported being stuck with syringes and then feeling as though they were drugged. The New York Times reports there have been 12 incidents in Nottinghamshire alone, and some women have called for a boycott of nightspots until the proprietors start searching patrons for needles. “It’s always been, ‘Watch your drink, cover your drink,’” Jocie Mears, 18, told the Times. “You can’t cover your whole body.”

Read it at The New York Times

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