I went to go see my favourite artist alone as none of my friends listened to him and was spiked by injection in my back, luckily a group of girls who were there noticed I was acting unusual and took me in a taxi to my hotel to make sure I got there safe

It was our last night of our last term in our first year at Uni. Some of my flat mates had already gone home, so it was just myself and my two friends. I remember, it being all COVID restrictions, so we couldn’t get up and order at the bar, they came to us and we also couldn’t get up to dance, so we were sat on a bench. I was sat on the end of the bench, where someone could have walked past me going to their table, or it could have been the bartender as I obviously couldn’t watch my drink being made, therefore it is still unsure on who spiked me and how I got spiked. I remember we were all drinking cocktail pitchers, and I have videos and photos up until 8-9pm and then it all went blank. I had to recall details from my friend, at the first point when she noticed something was wrong, she said I needed to go to the loo but apparently when I attempted to get up, I couldn’t move and I mentioned this to her. She was confused so she helped me up. I was vomiting repeatedly, she had to get a bouncer to come and help me down. He or she carried me out. Then I myself remember sitting on the pavement, repeatedly saying sorry & how I am not drunk but I have been spiked. My friend was also speaking up for me mentioning this wasn’t me being drunk, I had been spiked. I remember it being a lady bouncer just staring at me. Then it goes blank again, and then a memory of being in the ambulance by myself (because of Covid, I wasn’t allowed anyone with me), I remember blacking in and out, texting my boyfriend who could make no sense of my messages, I could hear the two paramedics (one female, and one male) both talking to each other about how it could just be over intoxicated with drink, this is when I mentioned to him that I had been spiked, they didn’t really offer me much support. Then I was placed in a wheelchair, they took my blood pressure, then I got put in the emergency waiting room. I never got seen to. I met these lovely ladies in the waiting room, they helped me, got me water & phoned my mum for me as I wasn’t making any sense. My parents had to drive all the way from my hometown to the hospital which I got taken to Southport. My Mum eventually got here, she mentioned how she didn’t even recognise me & she kept asking the receptionist when I was going to be seen, she said they had an emergency come in & she wouldn’t know. After 3 hours or more of waiting, my mum just took me home, my dad also didn’t recognise me when I tried to get into the car. I went home, straight to bed & felt awful for days on end after. I now don’t drink at all, barely go out unless there’s an event on, I feel awful if I do drink, I never used to get sick or feel awful, before the spiking. I have long term effects physically and mentally. I also did report it to the police and my uni tutor because I wanted other girls at my uni to be aware of the club and to be careful. There were some reports about the club, that came out afterwards, one of them mentioned how the bartenders are known for spiking drinks & they have room in the club, where they assault, I showed this to my uni tutor. The police were the Lancashire police, I spoke to a female (which comforted me slightly until I realised I wasn’t getting any support from her anyway). At first, I didn’t want to mention it to the police but my mum did for me & then they wanted to speak to me. The police lady assumed I was drunk, and mentioned that when she went out with her friends she had one too many & it too felt “different”. I was very upset and angry with the little to no support I got from the police. I mentioned the reports from other people and my own story to her, to which they said they’ve never had an issue with this club. I couldn’t believe that as when we first started uni, the tutors actually told us to be very careful with Alpine, because it has been known. So I feel let down by the police, the hospital and the club.

At 8:40pm I started zoning out and was only out for 2 hours and I only had 4 drinks. I have videos on my phone of what was going on but I don’t recall taking them. One minute I was ok, dancing and having fun and the next I felt like I was going to throw up. I had to race to the bathroom to be sick. As I was walking to the bathroom, my walking wasn’t as good as I thought as the security guard was helping me walk straight. From going to the bathroom I could no longer walk or talk and would not stop throwing up. After that a woman security guard told me to ask someone to pick me up and she helped me text them. I text my mum at 20:50 and she got to me by 20:55. When she turned up she told me that I couldn’t stand or talk. I was being sick. She got me into the car with the help of the security guard. When we arrived home my mums partner had to lift and carry me out the car into the house. I was then led on the sofa where I had passed out. In the meantime my mum was calling 111 for advice. They advised her that I should be taken to the hospital if necessary and report the incident to the police. When I managed to get into bed I slept in the same bed as mum so she could keep an eye on me during the night. The next morning I woke up missing parts of the night, a bad headache, feeling sick, dizzy and very exhausted.

I was spiked in kioki this Saturday, we had only been in one place before there and only stayed in kioki for 2 drinks before leaving as it was so full but can’t remember anything from half way through my second drink. I can’t even recall leaving the club but as soon as we walked out the door I was told I collapsed on the floor. I was in and out of consciousness not being able to feel my legs or see a thing, I didn’t know what was happening around me until I woke up with drips in the hospital. The only thing I vaguely remember was being led on the floor with a male and a female trying to talk to me and comforting me and was told they did this until an ambulance came.

Had 4/5 drinks in there coming to the end of my last drink I cannot remember what happened I do not remember leaving the club and do not remember getting home. Luckily my brother was already on way so managed to get me home safely

Out for a Birthday. Ordered a drink from bar 20 minutes later black out. 30 minutes later vomiting and unconscious. Ended up fitting in A&E on a drip for 6 hours. Remember nothing for 6 hours. Took 2 weeks to fully recover.

I was sitting in a booth and only had two drinks, both of these drinks were ordered to the table. Somehow from the bar to the table I had been spiked. The security guard was absolutely appalling she was swearing at me and was treating me like i was a drunk.

I don’t remember it happening or seeing it. Just that I was ok then I wasn’t - resulted in an ambulance being called as I was unresponsive and vomiting.

I went out with a group of friends and can't remember anything past queuing at the bar for a drink as soon as I got in. I assume I got spiked through a drink as I had no needle marks but I don't know who would have done it as I didn't put the drink down and none of my friends would have done it. I woke up the next day remembering nothing but my boyfriend told me about how he had to carry me home cause I was losing consciousness and how I could barely get words out. The next day I couldn't even stomach water and was vomiting for a whole 24 hours. I know it's not just cause I was drunk cause I hadn't had much to drink and I completely blacked out, I was also more ill than I've ever been before.

Me and my friend were both spiked and might possibly have been from a “special” drink the bartender made my friend to sober up. We joined 2 American girls on the club cause they were looking at us. We only had 3 tequila shots and one vodka cranberry drink which for us doesn’t seem a lot. We both felt very weird and my friend seemed like she was “out of it” and couldn’t remember anything which is very unusual for her. She eventually got kicked out of the club and I had to follow her out and had to beg the security to get our coats from the cloakroom. When we were out she started vomiting on the streets and was unable to stand up for at least an hour and even though I was not doing well, I had to pull myself together and help her. We eventually went to one of my friend’s house and that’s when she pointed out that me and my friend were possibly spiked.

Was completely fine, stopped drinking 4 hours ago. Someone buys me a drink, then violently, violently ill

Gurning unable to move, suspected mdma

It was terrible, I woke up in the security room. Baring in mind I had only had 2 very light drinks and I am usually very good with alcohol and had eaten and drank plenty of water before hand. I was treated appallingly by the security. They were so harsh and non empathetic towards me and then just sent me out. Telling me I was asleep in the bathrooms. I was very scared and as a result of this occurrence I would never come to this club again and would also never recommend it to anyone! I was unsure of what I had been spiked by but I know my body and this was a horrible experience. I didn’t report the incident as I believe these kinds of incidents get brushed under the rug and therefore I believe lots of women/men go through this kind of thing and don’t feel brave enough to speak about due to it not being a major issue in the limelight of society. During the time when people were injecting people in clubs I didn’t go to a club for a whole year out of fear.

He was insisting I do these very strong Mexican tequila shots. I didn’t want to. I had planned on having one alcoholic drink I didn’t know him & I was getting weird vibes. I went to the loo mid way through dinner. It took a while there was a queue & it was a long way from the table. When I came back I swallowed the rest of my drink as I was keen to leave quickly. My throat started burning my head felt hot. I just stared in disbelief I said “ did you spike my drink” he tried to shush me. I said it again. Then said he just wanted me to try it. He’d ordered two shots & poured them in my drink. I was just shocked & scared I didn’t know if there was anything else in there.

felt very dizzy, was in and out of consciousness, non stop vomiting, the bouncers did nothing to help but thankfully my mates rung an ambulance for me, i couldn’t remember much that happened that night, I didn’t even drink a lot as well.

I was on a night out with my friends on Leeds and felt tired then I was in my walk home and I passed out and I did not wake up till the next morning and felt like rubbish the next day so I was sleeping all day then I woke up and went to work I felt like rubbish again and my arm was hurting I had a look when I got home and they was a bruise and what looked like a needle mark so I rang the doctor and got checked over and told to ring 101 and had to go get my bloods and a injection feeling a lot better now I am just now terrified go out ever again and just want to spread awareness because it could of been a lot worse for my I’m lucky

I can't recall the events entirely but I remember blacking out not long after buying a cocktail from the bar. I didn't see who did it or what happened exactly, so I can't be sure of every detail. From what I can remember, we picked a song to play on karaoke, then moments later I blacked out and woke up in the hospital at one in the morning.

I was out for two hours drank two jager bombs and two double spirits, don’t remember a lot, I’ve been told my eyes were rolling to the back of my head and I couldn’t get my words out and was obssesed with lights.

I remember everything very clearly during my night out, up until going to the bar for a second time paying for drinks, as my friends card declined. The next thing I remember is lying on a bathroom floor seeing my bag, trying to reach for it but unable to move. Second thing I remember is a bouncer telling me that I needed to contact someone (I checked my call history the next day and could see I’d been struggling to contact the person I wanted to, having called names with a similar starting letter to his). I then remember my friend coming and telling my other friend ‘why weren’t you with her’ (I must have ran to the bathroom to spew, to have not been with her). Fortunately the next thing I remember is waking up safe but in a panic from having not been able to remember anything other than these snippets. I had to travel back home to my town the next day and also did not stop being sick all day. Two days after, I decided to go to A&E where they checked my oxygen levels etc and had me speak to a safe guarding officer, however they could not test my blood for drugs which I would have liked for clarification. Although, I have been told it is unlikely that 4 double vodkas (which is what I had drank) would cause blackouts. I also had black tar/ coal looking stuff in my sick. I did tell the police however they would be unable to report it without evidence of drugs in my system which would have to be done by a medical professional within 12 hours so I am still a little disappointed I hadn’t gone sooner or on the evening to a hospital. This will probably play on my mind for a while bc I obviously could have died or picked up outside by someone pretending they knew who I was.

Out with boyfriend and our friends. Me and a girl was sharing a sharer drink when suddenly we both blacked out. Boyfriends managed to get us in a friends car and get us home at home we both acted unusual and not making much sense.

Our with friends, 2/3 drinks on table, mine had white floaty bits in top of drink, reported to bar staff, they confirmed it had drug substances in the drink.

This happened during my first year at uni, I was so scared to share as my friends kept telling me that I just got too drunk and hadn't eaten but I drink quite often and know how my body responds to different alcohols. Q Bar changes ownership every couple of months and I swear it goes from one dodgy owner to another. I see creepy dudes in there all the time and the bouncers are so scary and intimidating. It puts you off going to tell them. There was a guy who wouldn't leave me alone and kept trying to pull me away from my friends and wouldn't get the hint, the bouncers didn't care, and neither did the bar staff. I told him I would let him buy me a drink if he left me alone. I haven't let a guy buy a drink since. I started to pass out and my friends took me home, they put me in the bath and I woke up in 2 inches of vomit. I have never felt such pain, like I've been poisoned. I haven't met a lot of people who have been spiked since I moved away from Plymouth, but this happened so often in Plymouth that it became a normal part of daily conversation. That needs to change.

strange male trying to join our group, offered to buy several of us drinks and we all declined. Continued to linger around the edge of the group, shortly after going to the toilet and him following me I began to act completely out of character, became volatile, had been isolated by a male during this time and from that point was shouting “he tried to touch me” (unsure if this was same male). Ended the night in hospital after being kicked in the head by a passing man (asked him to leave me alone and got a kick to the temple for my trouble) but then friends had to take me home without treatment because police threatened to arrest me despite them being told several times that I had been spiked and physically assaulted on the street.

I was celebrating my friends 21st when I got spiked. 1 minute I was dancing and having a great night. The next minute I'd collapsed in the toilets. My friend found me and took me outside with a glass of water. I then sat nort really lucid and shaking. I got home and was shaking and sweating. My mum kept me sat up the entire night and slept by my side to make sure i was fine. I can't imagine what could have happened. I was one of the lucky ones

My family and I went to Kennedys to celebrate the new year. My cousin witnessed a man spike one of our drinks we had at our table. This man was also trying to talk to us throughout the night and made comments that made us feel uncomfortable. For example, he randomly came up to me and said “looks like I’m spending my new year with you then, doesn’t it?” But in a sinister, chilling way. There was two of them. One, who was within the dance floor area (where we were having a dance) and leaving weird comments. And his friend who continued to linger around our table. My cousin reported this to a FEMALE door member who took my cousin outside to the other (male) door staff. After a few minutes, we noticed my cousin hadn’t returned, so went to see where she was. The door staff then told us they had banned her from the bar. They had shown pictures they took of her on WhatsApp and threatened to send these to other bars so she couldn’t get access anywhere else if we caused any confrontation. I tried to talk to the bouncers, I didn’t raise my voice or try to cause an argument, I just wanted to understand why they had done what they had done. They had no reason, he said “I don’t need to give you a reason, like I said, I will send pictures of your cousin to all the other bouncers in york so they refuse to let you in”. Let me put that bluntly- WE WERE KICKED OUT BECAUSE WE REPORTED THAT SOMEONE HAD SPIKED OUR DRINK. We went elsewhere to spend the rest of our night but my cousin was in tears, she felt so unsafe.