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Author: Admin | 2025-04-28
Last week two young Australian women spoke candidly to the ABC about being sexually assaulted while on holidays. The alleged incidents occurred in Greece in 2022 and in Hawaii in 2019.Both women described common symptoms of being drugged, including being unable to move or speak, blurred vision, lack of coordination and memory loss.Both found a needle mark after they woke up and believe they were “needle spiked”. Read more: What is drink spiking? How can you know if it's happened to you, and how can it be prevented? What is needle spiking?Needle spiking is when a person is injected with a drug without their consent. Reports of needle spiking started to emerge in the UK in 2021 but it’s now been reported around the world, including in Australia.Needle spiking is usually reported by people who have been at a crowded bar or party. It’s generally reported by women but some men have also reported being needle spiked. We don’t have data on how often needle spiking happens, but we think it’s very rare. There have been only a few reports of needle spiking in Australia but none of them have been able to be confirmed.Often these types of incidents are not reported at all because often victims don’t remember what happened or there’s no way to identify the perpetrator. Needle spiking appears to be rare. Diego Cervo/Shutterstock We don’t know exactly what drugs might be used in needle spiking incidents, but they would likely be similar to drugs commonly used
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