Drink spiking incidents reported to gardai have nearly doubled this year, as a leading organisation has said that spiking should not be tolerated.
New figures show that 40 people have reported being spiked so far this year, which is an increase from the 22 reports made to gardai in 2021, reports Newstalk. The Dublin Rape Crisis Centre's CEO, Noeline Blackwell, told Newstalk that such incidents are "concerning" and a "form of poisoning".
She said: "It is concerning because when someone is spiking somebody else’s drink, what they are doing, really, is a form of poisoning. They are secreting a substance into a person’s body which they don’t know or expect.
