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To all Drinkers on holiday especially the young ones

nico26
nico26 Posts: 823 Forumite
in Overseas holidays & travel planning
Holiday time upon you all once again. Please be careful when in clubs and pubs. My son has just spent a night at a hospital bedside in Marbella as his partners drink was spiked on a night out. She was drugged with a date rape drug and was unnconcious for 2 hours.
Please try to remember not to leave drinks unattended or accept drinks from anyone you don't know. Luckily she has come round now and very scared about what happened. They are in there mid 20s and they dont know how it happened.Could have been at the bar or when their drinks were on the table. But it did. Enjoy your holiday but please be careful especially teenage girls
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  • PolishBigSpender
    PolishBigSpender Posts: 3,771 Forumite
    Not to be cynical, but many of these "the drink was spiked" stories are actually the result of taking drugs knowingly. Young Brits are well known to go wild in Spain - so while it is a very good idea to never leave a drink unattended, it's nowhere near as rife as it's made out to be.
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  • delwynshd
    delwynshd Posts: 2,907 Forumite
    I dont think they are going to take a date rape drug though when they are a couple on a weeks holiday!!!
    PolishBigSpender wrote: »
    Not to be cynical, but many of these "the drink was spiked" stories are actually the result of taking drugs knowingly. Young Brits are well known to go wild in Spain - so while it is a very good idea to never leave a drink unattended, it's nowhere near as rife as it's made out to be.
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  • Teahfc
    Teahfc Posts: 1,468 Forumite
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    PolishBigSpender wrote: »
    Not to be cynical, but many of these "the drink was spiked" stories are actually the result of taking drugs knowingly. Young Brits are well known to go wild in Spain - so while it is a very good idea to never leave a drink unattended, it's nowhere near as rife as it's made out to be.

    There is a huge difference between taking drugs and getting huigh and having your drinks spiked ..and yes it happens and not just in Spain but in your very own Poland there are plenty of similar stories ... shock horror !
    Youg Poles are also known to go wild in the Britain so you can quit all that load of krap :mad:
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  • nico26
    nico26 Posts: 823 Forumite
    edited 4 July 2010 at 2:46AM
    PolishBigSpender wrote: »
    Not to be cynical, but many of these "the drink was spiked" stories are actually the result of taking drugs knowingly. Young Brits are well known to go wild in Spain - so while it is a very good idea to never leave a drink unattended, it's nowhere near as rife as it's made out to be.

    Who is going to take a date rape drug which paralyses you rendering you unconsious on purpose. This is a different thing from recreational drugs taken on purpose.

    Actually it is rife there .This is the 4th time in 2 weeks this has happened there and not to young teenagers on a bender.They live and work nearby and had taken a friend who was visiting out for a meal. They only had 1 glass of wine with their meal.

    They finished there meal and went to the bar. My son went to the toilet and his partner and friend went to the bar to order drinks and it was at the bar the drink was spiked by a Pakistani guy standing next to them. The bar has cctv footage of what happened and now know who they are looking for.

    When my sons partner collapsed they knew exactly what had happened with the condition she was in. She was lucky she had only 1 drink and a couple of sips from the one at the bar and the effects were horrendous hate to think the effects on someone with a lot of alchohol. So you dont have to be a teenager and drunk on a wild night out. It can happen anytime.
  • pilates39
    pilates39 Posts: 48 Forumite
    edited 4 July 2010 at 12:43PM
    I live near to Marbella and it does happen and is reported in local English speaking newspapers and warnings have been given on local radio.
  • delwynshd
    delwynshd Posts: 2,907 Forumite
    Im glad the post was removed that Polish put here!!!

    Dont know why mine was
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  • PolishBigSpender
    PolishBigSpender Posts: 3,771 Forumite
    edited 4 July 2010 at 1:42PM
    Perhaps people should take a read of this before judging my comments - http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1225854/Are-date-rape-spiked-drinks-urban-myth.html
    From Poland...with love.
    They are (they're)     sitting on the floor.
    Their     books are lying on the floor.
    The books are sitting just there on the floor.
  • peachyprice
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    PolishBigSpender wrote: »
    Perhaps people should take a read of this before judging my comments - http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1225854/Are-date-rape-spiked-drinks-urban-myth.html


    :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

    It says so in the Daily Mail so it must be true.
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  • PolishBigSpender
    PolishBigSpender Posts: 3,771 Forumite
    peachyprice wrote: »
    :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

    It says so in the Daily Mail so it must be true.

    Would you like other links? Certainly.

    http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg18925334.400

    The science in the Daily Mail article is sound and correct.

    Perhaps the real warning should be for women to monitor their alcohol intake carefully.
    From Poland...with love.
    They are (they're)     sitting on the floor.
    Their     books are lying on the floor.
    The books are sitting just there on the floor.
  • melb
    melb Posts: 2,887 Forumite
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    so if a woman drinks too much it's her own fault if someone spikes her drink? bit of a slippery slope there I think
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