This is another post I wished I didn’t have to write…
But last night in the Reading area there was at least one incident of a young lady getting her drink spiked (with a fast acting tranquiliser) at a local students’ house party.
Thankfully she noticed the effects quickly and got to safety before anything really bad could happen to her (this is sometimes done as a precursor to sexual assault including rape and/or unwanted appearance in porn videos).
Even though nothing bad happened she and her boyfriend were understandably badly shaken; again it totally fucked up what would have been the start to a brilliant weekend (our crew mates 21st birthday)
Whilst this nasty practice happens fairly often in “townie” pubs and commercial clubs, this incident was a worrying escalation as the crowd we all hang around with are the young raver crowd, not beer-boys/townies; we never used to have scummy things like this happen on the rave scene but sadly society appears to have regressed insofar as respect for others is concerned…
Furthermore, its not just girls either who are targeted, blokes are sometimes also victims. Sometimes its a predatory gay male; but its even been known for a girl to come on to a lad and offer them a spiked drink. They think they’ve pulled but they end out passing out in some random place and being rinsed of all their valuables…. (worse still this sometimes done by a number of male accomplices who will use violence if the person wakes up during the attack)
Please be careful – all of you. I don’t want raves to become places where people are becoming increasingly paranoid of each other and people can’t share stuff freely like they used to – but clearly some predators are trying to muscle in on our scene and we all need to be vigilant. Keep an eye on yourselves, and your friends!
This site explains more about the dangers (its aimed more at pub/club type people…)
http://www.roofie.com/main.htm
Note to mods: I’ll move this into the Drugs or Lifestyle section (whichever is most appropriate) after a week or so; but it is really a “hot issue” in our area at the moment.
