Study: 7 Percent of Students Think They’ve Been Drugged
Drink spiking is difficult to track because it usually occurs while the victim is under the influence of alcohol.
Female students were more likely to report being the victims of drink spiking.
A recently released survey shows that more than seven percent of college students believe someone slipped something into their drink at some point during the past school year.
The study adds a layer to the issue of sexual assault on college campuses and sheds light on what might be an overlooked danger of student drinking.
For the study, published in Psychology of Violence, researchers surveyed 6,064 students from the University of South Carolina, the University of Kentucky and the University of Cincinnati.
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Additionally, slightly more than one percent of respondents admitted to sneaking something into someone’s drink over the last school year.
Women were more likely than men to suspect being the victim of drink spiking, according to NBC News.
It is difficult to determine how many people have had their drinks spiked because symptoms can be similar to the effects of excess alcohol consumption and many commonly used drugs leave the victim’s system quickly.
“I think it’s been around for a while, but it was under the radar,” says Suzanne Swan, the study’s lead author.
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